wind power plan endangers bat

[ben_meyers]

Saying wind power plan endangers bat, groups notify company of intent to sue
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The tiny, endangered Indiana bat lives on Shaffer Mountain in northeastern Somerset County and that should be enough to keep 30 big wind turbines off that ecologically sensitive Appalachian ridge, according to three environmental groups.

The groups -- Sensible Wind Solutions, Mountain Laurel Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society -- yesterday served the Spanish-owned wind power company, Gamesa Energy, with a notice of intent to sue under the federal Endangered Species Act.

According to the notice, the site where the 404-foot tall turbines and 18 miles of service roads would be built on 22,000 acres of leased land is confirmed habitat for the Indiana bat, listed as an endangered species since 1967.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/08107/873664-113.stm

[Hugabear]

1. Fuck it - let's just go back to burning dirty coal

That would be so much better for the environment.

You're absolutely right - damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I can't think of one single energy source that doesn't have some drawbacks.