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The Obama administration will allow wind turbine operators to kill 4,200 federally protected bald eagles before facing any penalties.
Under a finalized rule, wind turbine owners will not face a penalty if they kill or injure up to 4,200 bald eagles — that’s almost four times the current limit.
“We can’t eliminate human-caused eagle loss any more than we can eliminate risk from any other facet of modern life,” Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told The Associated Press. – READ MORE