Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in US, pleads guilty

NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Cheyenne, Wyoming, court to three misdemeanor counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Prosecutors say the company was warned its wind farms would kill birds but proceeded without a required permit. They say the company also ignored advice on minimizing the deaths. NextEra President Rebecca Kujawa says collisions of birds with wind turbines are unavoidable.Download the News 5 Cleveland app now for more stories from us, plus alerts on major news, the latest weather forecast, traffic information and much more. Download now on your Apple device here, and your Android device here.

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Get the oil companys too

Now do oil and gas companies whose spills have killed, I dunno, millions of creatures?

My whole childhood was about saving them so let’s not kill them

And the more that are built, the more birds of prey that will die.

That Windmill Cancer is no joke!!

They aren’t endangered

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