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Wind power is buying eagle-kill indulgences

The offset is called "compensatory mitigation" which means the wind power facility pays the FWS or their agents to have their eagle killing offset by helping others live someplace else.

By David Wojick |2025-04-22T11:18:45-04:00April 21st, 2025|Comments Off

Billionaire Ballmer blurts out to Jon Stewart: Wind turbines “destroy habitats”

Donald Trump was not the only unscripted billionaire America heard from Tuesday night as a comedian got a lesson on live TV.

By Craig Rucker |2024-09-13T08:16:03-04:00September 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Can we build back better for birds?

Birds now face a threat that is much bigger than DDT or any of the threats they’ve encountered since the Industrial revolution: Wind Turbines.

By Vijay Raj Jayaraj |2021-04-05T07:30:32-04:00March 26th, 2021|Comments Off

Wind turbines take a terrible toll on birds

Conservationists hate wind turbines for their infamous role as bird killer, a fact that is very rarely mentioned in the news media.

By CFACT Ed, Vijay Raj Jayaraj |2020-10-20T11:07:21-04:00October 23rd, 2020|Comments Off

CFACT submission on reform of regulations on migratory birds

The U.S. is ready to adopt consistent and more sensible standards on the incidental loss of migratory birds. Read CFACT's official submission in support of this reform.

By CFACT Ed, Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2020-07-21T23:37:07-04:00July 21st, 2020|Comments Off

Study finds oyster farming poses no threat to shorebirds

“Oyster farming has many ecological benefits and is widely recognized as one of the most ecologically sustainable forms of food production.” Yum.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2020-05-15T11:14:37-04:00May 16th, 2020|Comments Off

Could new window tech save a billion birds?

Each year, a whopping one billion birds crack their noggins on the windows of buildings in the US.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2020-02-05T22:27:42-05:00January 30th, 2020|Comments Off

Wind apologists laughably claim fracking harms wildlife

Given the deadly impact of wind turbines, wind power apologists would be wise to never mention the topic of energy and wildlife deaths.

By CFACT Ed, James Taylor |2019-11-08T11:30:52-05:00November 3rd, 2019|Comments Off

Growing evidence of wind farms’ horrific toll on wildlife: This time from India

Wind Turbines: The New “Apex Predator”

By CFACT Ed, Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2019-06-19T21:01:11-04:00June 22nd, 2019|Comments Off

Report: Renewables are killing endangered species

A report on the number of animals killed and species at risk of extinction lays bare the ecological impact of renewable energy technology.

By CFACT Ed |2018-05-19T13:28:38-04:00May 21st, 2018|Comments Off

Greens try to block road serving native Alaskans by suing Trump Administration

After 30 years, residents of King Cove, Alaska finally won approval for the construction of a road connecting their remote Aleutian fishing village to an all-weather airport. Yet the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and their ilk would have the world believe that an 11-mile-long, single-lane gravel road will put birds migrating along the Pacific Flyway in peril.

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2018-02-28T21:04:46-05:00February 20th, 2018|26 Comments

Monumental, unsustainable environmental impacts

CFACT Senior Policy Analyst Paul Driessen explains the huge costs and inefficiencies of replacing fossil fuels with wind, solar, and biomass fuels.

By Paul Driessen |2017-07-05T23:07:56-04:00July 2nd, 2017|46 Comments