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Unprosecuted Felonies: Wind Farms Killed 67+ Eagles in Last Five Years

Fox News:  “Wind energy facilities have killed at least 67 golden and bald eagles in the last five years, but the figure could be much higher, according to a new scientific study by government biologists”

A federal law called the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act provides for the protection of the bald eagle and the golden eagle prohibiting the “taking” of eagles.  The term “take” includes killing an eagle.  See 16 U.S.C. 668c; 50 CFR 22.3. The civil penalties for violating the Act include a maximum fine of $5,000 or one year in prison.  Second convictions have a penalty of a $10,000 fine or up to two years in prison.  Killing an eagle can also be a felony with a fine up to $250,000 or two years in prison. Fine double if the killer is an organization.

Although killing eagles is a crime ignored by President Obama and Eric Holder you better not kill a duck without a permit or you may be prosecuted.  Obama’s Department of Justice chartered a helicopter to fly over land in North Dakota looking for dead ducks.  The federal duck police spotted two dead ducks in a pond on land owned by Oilman Bud Brigham, the head of Brigham Resources.  The ducks had drowned in oil run off ponds.  The feds charged Bud with crimes and prosecuted him.  If convicted he could have been imprisoned for up to six months for each death.

The judge threw out the case as absurd.  He said the federal duck police were trying to criminalize the following activities that result in dead ducks:  driving, owning a building with windows. farming and owning a cat.

See “Oil Companies Prosecuted for Avian Deaths but Wind Companies Kill Birds With Impunity.”

Yelp Sues Law Firm For Posting Fake Reviews

TechDirt:  “Many sites that include user reviews work pretty hard to scrub the obviously fake ones, but it appears Yelp has taken that to a new level, deciding to sue a law firm for posting fake reviews. . . . Yelp is arguing that when McMillan employees created fake accounts in order to post bogus positive reviews for their own firm, they violated the terms of service of the site. . . . the lawsuit focuses on some specific charges including breach of contract, intentional interference with contractual relations, unfair competition and false advertising.”

See the Complaint.

193 of 194 Heads of State Say Global Warming is Dangerous, but 31,000 Scientists Disagree

Watts Up with That:  “In 2007, the Global Warming Petition Project published a list of more than 31,000 scientists, including more than 9,000 PhDs, who stated, “There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate.” . . . Climate Change Reconsidered II is a 1,200-page report that references more than one thousand peer-reviewed scientific papers, compiled by about 40 scientists from around the world. Among the key findings of CCR-II are: . . . .

Extensive peer-reviewed evidence is presented that climate change is natural and man-made influences are small. Fifteen years of flat temperatures show that the climate models are in error.

Scientists Predict Global Cooling, Not Warming

The Telegraph:  “Global warming? No, actually we’re cooling, claim scientists.  A cold Arctic summer has led to a record increase in the ice cap, leading experts to predict a period of global cooling.  There has been a 60 per cent increase in the amount of ocean covered with ice compared to this time last year, they equivalent of almost a million square miles. . . . A leaked report to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seen by the Mail on Sunday, has led some scientists to claim that the world is heading for a period of cooling that will not end until the middle of this century.”

Could somebody please tell the U.S. government and President Obama to read the IPPC report?

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