At the request of the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, Eric Glitzenstein, President of the Wildlife Advocacy Project, appeared before the Committee on May 1, 2007 to testify about the issue of siting wind power facilities to avoid injuries to migrating birds and bats. Every year, thousands of bats and migratory birds – including eagles, warblers, and hawks – are dismembered when they come into contact with spinning wind turbines that are typically located along the same mountain ridges that birds use to migrate. The Wildlife Advocacy Project supports wind power as a clean energy alternative that will help in reducing the adverse effects of global warming. However, it is important to construct and locate these facilities in ways that take into account their potentially devastating impacts on wildlife. To date, federal conservation laws have proven inadequate to prevent such impacts, and hence the Wildlife Advocacy Project is urging a strengthening of federal regulation. To read Mr. Glitzenstein’s complete written testimony, click here.
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