Wind farms: US Interior Department sacrifices eagle protection for alternative energy, by Stephen Dinan.

The Interior Department will finalize a rule Monday that would grant permits to let wind farms kill eagles for up to 30 years, six times longer than current permits allow. …

Wind farms are the fields of turbines that dot the landscape. They kill about 440,000 birds a year, including some iconic bald eagles, golden eagles and other protected species. …

Federal law generally prohibits killing bald and golden eagles but gives the government power to grant exemptions.

However coal, gas, and nuclear power stations get fined if they kill even one eagle. That’s favoritism towards Greens, surely? Don’t hear this pointed out in the media though.

hat-tip Charles