For the Birds: Audubon Society Stands Up in Support of Wind Energy

[jpak]

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=46840

In mere fact only, it was just another day at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA): the president of a national nonprofit organization was paying a visit to the wind power association's Washington, D.C. offices. But on this particular overcast morning in November, the visit -- or the visitor -- was a bit more special than usual. The man chatting it up with AWEA staff was John Flicker, the president of the National Audubon Society.

The organization had recently been giving wind power some attention, running a thorough and in-depth feature article on the subject in the September-October issue of its national membership magazine. It would be the content in the next issue, though, that would actually make news as opposed to merely report it.

In the November-December installment of the magazine, Flicker wrote a column stating that Audubon "strongly supports wind power as a clean alternative energy source," pointing to the link between global warming and the birds and other wildlife that scientist say it will kill. The venerable environmental organization and avian champion was now on record as embracing wind power.

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[Dead_Parrot]

1. Nice to hear a voice of sanity... nt

[JohnWxy]

2. I hope those worried about slow turning wind turbines hacking birds out of the sky are reassured now

so the hunters can proceed blasting them out of the sky!