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It turns out that tall buildings are a bigger threat to birds than wind power
2016-05-31 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Donald Trump criticized the wind-power industry this week for killing birds. A far bigger threat is real estate developers and their tall buildings. About 599 million birds are killed annually in the U.S. when they fly into windows, trailing only loss of habitat and cats as the top causes of bird deaths, according to the National Audubon Society. Wind turbines account for about 234,000. Wind turbines are way at the end of the list of threats to birds compared to fossil fuel development, oil pits,...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical