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Proactive is the Name of the Game Regarding Birds and Bats

September 12, 2014
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By, Richard Harris Podolsky, PhD FWS currently has 18 active investigations of bird-kills at wind energy projects around the country, seven of which have been referred to the DOJ for prosecution. Is the Low Hanging-Fruit Gone? There is a triple-whammy...

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Feds List New Bird Species As Threatened – Should Wind Developers Be Worried?

September 12, 2014
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 By Richard Harris Podolsky, PhD In response to a precipitous decline of the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced on March 27 that it is listing the species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act...

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Finally! A Significant Advocate Emerges for Offshore Wind Power – Google!

October 12, 2010
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[caption id="attachment_190" align="alignright" width="623"] Google and it's partners are proposing an offshore transmission "spine" that will tie together offshore wind farms.[/caption] Google and it's partners are proposing an offshore transmission "spine" that will tie together a necklace of offshore wind...

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“With this decision, we are beginning a new direction in our nation’s energy future” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar

April 28, 2010
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It is official, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the now notorious Cape Wind offshore wind power project for Nantucket Sound - and it only took 9+years!  While this Department of Interior approval represents the single biggest hurdle, others remain. There...

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Cape Wind Down to the Wire – And Perhaps the Entire Proposition of Offshore Wind Power

April 26, 2010
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to decide on the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound and is so doing possibly pass judgment on the entire proposition of ocean wind energy for the foreseeable future here in the US.  A...

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Wind Industry Needs National Power Standard – But Will That Lead to a Net Decrease In Energy Sector Jobs?

March 22, 2010
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A coalition of 29 state Governors are all calling on the federal government to mandate a national renewable energy standard. According to the coalition, this is the best and perhaps the only way to increase the role that wind power...

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Greater Sage Grouse Won’t Get Protected – But Devil is in the Details

March 6, 2010
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Here is a nice roundup of the articles covering the decision Friday, March 5, 2010 NOT to protect the Greater Sage Grouse vis-á-vis the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  This grouse species, along with most of the closely related wild fowl complex...

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Posted in Wind Power Issues

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Dr. Richard Podolsky has 30 years of experience in assisting land developers and oil, gas, and electric generation companies reduce potentially adverse environmental effects of a wide range of projects and achieve regulatory compliance. He has excellent strategic skills in competing for bids, expediting permits, and avoiding costly environmental litigation and expertise in researching and successfully applying cost-effective, state-of-the-art environmental techniques, materials and software to new development and mitigation projects.

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