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There is growing concern that a proliferation of wind turbines to feed the demand for renewable energy is jeopardizing golden eagle populations.

Wind turbines are jeopardizing golden eagle populations already believed to be declining in some areas.

Criminal cases brought by U.S. wildlife officials for killing or injuring protected eagles dropped sharply in recent years, even as officials ramped up issuing permits that will allow wind energy companies to kill thousands of eagles without legal consequence. The falloff in enforcement of eagle protection laws accelerated in the Trump administration and has continued under President Joe Biden, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data obtained by The Associated Press. It comes amid growi

The findings underscore a Biden administration dilemma: Confronting climate change through clean power development requires trade offs such as more dead birds from collisions with wind turbines.

Criminal cases brought by U.S. wildlife officials for killing or injuring protected eagles dropped sharply in recent years, despite growing concern that wind energy and other pressures are jeopardizing golden

Dozens of permits approved or pending would allow roughly 6,000 eagles to be killed in coming decades.

Criminal cases brought by U.S. wildlife officials for harming protected bald and golden eagles dropped sharply in recent years, despite growing concern that wind energy and other pressures are jeopardizing

The memorandum of understanding is the first of its kind.

The Fond du Lac and Grand Portage Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa filed the suit Thursday in federal district court. It seeks to overturn the EPA’s approval last October of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s recent overhaul of its Class 3 and Class 4 water quality standards.

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