Federally Endangered Clapper Rail Found Dead At Solar Plant

A Yuma clapper rail, a bird listed as Federally Endangered, has been found dead at a desert solar plant in California. There have already been reports of numerous bird fatalities at wind farms around the country, posing questions as to how best to develop renewable energy while protecting wildlife and the environment. Solar power raises many of the same issues. This is believed to be the first death of an Endangered bird at a renewable energy generation site in the mainland U.S., but it is only one of many birds that have died at the Desert Sunlight solar facility near Joshua Tree National Park. The Yuma clapper rail was listed as Endangered in 1967 under the Endangered Species Preservation Act, which was a precursor to the 1973 Endangered Species Act. Experts believe that fewer than 1,000 Yuma clapper rails survive in the United States...more

Build those solar plants, kill those endangered birds.  The DC Deep Thinkers have a great policy here.