Not just Altamont
Wind farms around the world are found to be increasingly killing birds, many endangered species. This article notes that wind turbines in Norway are threatening the slow comeback of the white tailed eagle. The concern is now bringing challenges to a planned wind farm in Scotland.
Stuart Housden, the director of RSPB Scotland, said: “The news from Norway is of great concern to us. If white-tailed eagles have died because of wind-turbine collisions, there are major implications for our own eagle populations here in Scotland. We are campaigning hard against the proposed 234- turbine wind farm on north Lewis partly because of the great danger it poses to Scotland’s eagles.”
Hawaii, and especially the planners of the Kahuku wind farm, should take heed of these developments. Will the small number of turbines that can be built in the area be worth the expenses for the legal challenges that are sure to come?