wind farm

A proposed Central Oregon wind project is the first in the country to be considered for a permit that allows wind turbines to kill a few golden eagles so long as developers make up for the loss, federal officials say.

A Pennsylvania wind farm has stopped operating at night after the carcass of an endangered bat was found at the site last month, a spokesman for the wind farm's owner said on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities are investigating the deaths of at least six golden eagles at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains.

After a fierce, two-year fight against a proposed $179 million wind farm near Red Wing, Minn., local opponents have only one trump card left -- the bald eagle.

Fears that whirling wind turbines could slaughter protected golden eagles have halted progress on a key piece of the federal government's push to increase renewable energy on public lands, stalling plans for billions of dollars in wind farm developments.

David Groberg, vice president of Beech Ridge Energy LLC, said construction of the 100.5 megawatt Greenbrier County wind farm was completed in mid-August, but the company delayed making the announcement.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to hear public comment about a wind farm project in Greenbrier County.

A Maryland developer has agreed to drop construction plans for 31 turbines at a West Virginia wind farm, settling a lawsuit by environmental groups worried about potential harm to the endangered Indiana bat.

A golden eagle was killed by a wind turbine blade at a southwest Washington wind farm, a state biologist says.