Those anti-wind-power rumors about wind turbines killing huge numbers of birds? BULLSHIT! [View all]

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/12/1082718/-British-Study-Wind-Turbines-are-NOT-Bird-Killers-Republicans-We-Hate-Wind-Power-

From The Guardian:

A large majority of birds can co-exist or thrive with operating windfarms, but some species are harmed during construction
A large majority of birds can co-exist or thrive with operating windfarms, but some species are harmed during construction
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Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 April 2012 13.20 BST

A major new study has quashed fears that onshore windfarms are causing long-term damage to bird populations, but found new evidence that some species are harmed when windfarms are built.

The study by conservationists into the impacts on 10 of the key species of British upland bird, including several suffering serious population declines, concluded that a large majority of species can co-exist or thrive with windfarms once they are operating.

Even here on DU, people push those rumors. Now we know better!