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Originally posted by AURaptor:

I wonder which has contributed to more bird deaths... wind mills or the application of DDT.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Houston come in, The Eagle has crashed.......on green energy. No prosecutions of course.

http://news.yahoo.com/wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths-214324470.html. That's strange. Or is it? Looks like somebody did some heavy editing in order to twist the original article for their own agenda.

Here's the original.

http://www.usnews.com/science/news/articles/2013/05/14/ap-impact-wind-
farms-get-pass-on-eagle-deaths

It's a different read, entirely.

Not only that, but here's a response: We all plug things in, and that energy has to come from somewhere. Despite what the story on the Associated Press wire today would seem to suggest, wind power is the most environmentally benign source of utility-scale electricity, and a leading solution to climate change, the greatest threat to wildlife. AP writer Dina Cappiello interviewed AWEA and wind company wildlife experts at length, but left out virtually everything we told her. Here are the top five things her story left out: http://www.powerofwind.com/blog/post/fact-check-5-things-the-ap-missed
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David Ward, American Wind Energy Association.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Funny 'cause the Associated Press is the source of almost all the news in the world, and is generally considered as the gold standard.

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