US Government To Allow Wind Turbines To Kill Whooping Cranes -- Incredible

This is truly sad. I've been following the whooping crane story for years, and going down to Texas coast to see them. It's been a real success story, and we are talking about a species that is truly endangered.

Now the US government is going to allow wind turbines to kill whooping cranes legally (yes, the grammar is lousy, but you get the point).

Here's the story:

This month, Reuters reported that the Obama administration is working on a plan that will permit wind developers to kill endangered whooping cranes who fly in the path of the turbine blades.


If approved, wind developers will be permitted to 'take' an unspecified number of endangered species including the whooping crane. 'Take' under the Endangered Species Act, is defined as the injuring or killing of endangered species.

This is truly incredible.

I don't know if I have seen worse news come out of this administration with regard to hypocrisy.