Green Mountain Energy Wind Farm
40 years ago yesterday, President Richard M. Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act.
The U.S. Interior Department on Friday issued a rule that highlights a tension lingering between two key goals of the environmental movement: developing renewable energy sources and protecting wildlife.
The newly finalized rule would grant 30-year permits allowing wind farms and other projects to accidentally kill federally protected eagles, provided they meet certain criteria.
As Moe says, Somebody tell me again why we were so concerned about the Delta Smelt.... As has been mentioned here on a number of occasions, those windmills are very expensive aerial Cuisinarts.
