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"Eagle Deaths: Unprecedented $1 Million Fine for Wyoming Wind Farms" [1]

"Eagle deaths lead to Duke Energy Corp. paying $1 million for birds killed at two Wyoming wind farms. It was the first time a US wind energy company had been successfully prosecuted for the deaths of eagles or other protected birds."



Dina Cappiello reports for the Associated Press November 23, 2013. [2]

Energy & Fuel [3]
Wildlife [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [5]
Public [6]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [2], 11/25/2013
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/eagle-deaths-unprecedented-1-million-fine-wyoming-wind-farms [2] http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2013/1123/Eagle-deaths-Unprecedented-1-million-fine-for-Wyoming-wind-farms [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81