NOAA Permits Wind Energy Operators to Harass and Kill Whales

Food for thought! The article seems to exaggerate, but that wind turbines e.g. kill tons of birds and insects is well established!

Going back to wind power generation is medieval! The opposite of human progress!

"... Known as “Incidental Take/Harassment Authorizations” (IHAs), these exemptions give wind operators latitude within the regulation to kill and harass marine mammals while carrying out sonar surveys for site characterization and other activities related to construction and operations. 

The species authorized to be harassed in these IHAs include the endangered North Atlantic right whale, fin whale, sperm whale, sei whale, minke whale, humpback whale, long-finned pilot whale, Atlantic white-sided dolphin, common bottlenose dolphin, short-beaked common dolphin, Atlantic spotted dolphin, Risso’s dolphin, harbor porpoise, harbor seal and gray seal. ...

NOAA divides these IHAs into two categories: Level A harassment results has the potential to injure or kill, while harassment at the Level B may cause changes in behavioral patterns. Most of the authorizations listed above are Level B, but many of the companies have been authorized for Level A for various species, including the endangered North Atlantic right whale. ..."

NOAA Permits Wind Energy Operators to Harass and Kill Whales – California Globe Wind energy companies are complicit in a state-sanctioned, modern-day butchery of marine mammals along the U.S. East Coast

Credit NOAA erlaubt Windenergie-Betreibern, Wale zu bedrängen und zu töten