The following came off another list that I watch, and seems a
quote off another site - so usual caution applies
I have not had time to check back the source as life is a bit
hectic this week, but the tone is a bit alarmist.
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From: mark duchamp
To: Raptor Biology
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 5:10 AM
Subject: [RaptorBiology] Altamont windfarms kills more birds than previously thought
"...for more than 25 years, Altamont's 5,400 turbines have been killing up
to *4,700 birds annually--as many as 1,300 of them raptors.*
Many of the birds killed here--including golden eagles for more than 25
years, Altamont's 5,400 turbines have been killing up to 4,700 birds
annually--as many as 1,300 of them raptors."
and :
" A recent study led by East Bay Regional Park District Wildlife Program
Manager Doug Bell and consulting wildlife ecologist K. Shawn Smallwood
indicates *mortality rates in the Altamont are even higher than previously
thought.* Based on his extensive observations, Bell believes raptors will be
at risk even with taller turbines often touted as less deadly to birds."
Altamont Power Struggle — Bay Nature Institute
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Mark Duchamp + 34 679 12 99 97
INCONVENIENT VIDEOS :
www.iberica2000.org/Es/Articulo.asp?Id=3729
The dark side of windfarms :
www.iberica2000.org/Es/Articulo.asp?Id=1228
Pictures of windfarm victims ( eagles etc. ), of turbines on fire, of
collapsed turbines, of soil & water contamination etc. :