{"id":1999125,"date":"2023-08-13T01:34:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T05:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-energys-cost-californias-wildlife-pays-the-price\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T01:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T05:38:02","slug":"green-energys-cost-californias-wildlife-pays-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-energys-cost-californias-wildlife-pays-the-price\/","title":{"rendered":"California&#8217;s wildlife bears the cost of green energy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgreen-energys-cost-californias-wildlife-pays-the-price%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>California&#8217;s Transition to Green Energy Raises Concerns \u2062for Wildlife<\/h2>\n<p>As the Golden State accelerates its transition to green energy at full throttle, \u200bsome\u200c are expressing\u2064 apprehension about the potential consequences\u2062 for the\u2064 state. John Baker, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-energys-cost-californias-wildlife-species-pay-the-price\/\" title=\"California's wildlife species suffer due to the cost of green energy.\">retired assistant chief<\/a> of the California Fish and Wildlife\u200d Department, believes that while\u200d the push for green \u200benergy is aimed at saving \u200dthe \u2064planet from climate \u200dchange, it comes \u200bat the expense of\u2063 endangering groups of wild animals, especially birds.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u200dImpact on Predatory Birds<\/h3>\n<p>Baker\u200b highlights the significant \u200bimpact of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-recent-failures-of-green-energy-policies\/\" title=\"3 Recent Failures of Green Energy Policies\">green energy policies<\/a> on predatory birds such as eagles, \u200bhawks, and falcons. Many of these birds are being\u2062 killed by wind turbines, which poses a \u200bthreat to their populations due to their slow reproductive nature.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There are millions of finches out there, but there\u200b are not millions of \u2063golden eagles out there,&#8221; \u200dBaker said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According\u200d to a 2021 article, approximately 681,000\u2064 birds are killed each year in the United States by wind \u200dturbines. However, this number could \u200cbe even higher due to limited monitoring \u200dand other factors.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact on Other \u200bSpecies<\/h3>\n<p>Solar farms, another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-energys-cost-californias-wildlife-pays-the-price\/\" title=\"California's wildlife bears the cost of green energy.\">major green energy generator<\/a>, have also \u2064been causing harm to \u2063birds and other\u2064 species. Birds often mistake the\u2064 shining solar panels for pools of water and \u200ccrash into them, resulting in fatal injuries. The extreme heat from the panels\u2063 can also incinerate birds that fly too close. Additionally, solar \u200cfarms have disrupted the habitat and \u200bmigration\u2063 corridors of land \u2064species like desert tortoises and bighorn sheep.<\/p>\n<h3>Lack of Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>Baker criticizes the lack of accountability\u2064 for \u200dwind\u200b energy operators when it comes \u2064to the loss\u2064 of wildlife. While harming birds like bald \u200beagles can lead to criminal charges, wind energy \u2062operators are often not held\u2062 responsible for the \u2064harm they\u2062 cause to wildlife.<\/p>\n<h3>The\u2063 Influence of Politics<\/h3>\n<p>Baker \u200dalso <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-blasts-biden-we-are-headed-for-border-chaos\/\" title=\"Rubio Blasts Biden: \u2018We Are Headed For Border Chaos\u2019\">raises concerns<\/a> \u2063about the influence of\u200d politics\u200b on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-elon-musk-presses-robinhood-ceo-about-gamestop-fiasco-restricted-trading\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Elon Musk Presses Robinhood CEO About GameStop Fiasco, Restricted Trading\">decision-making process<\/a>. He believes that scientists are pressured to align their research with a specific narrative\u200c to secure funding, sometimes neglecting the\u2062 well-being\u200c of individual species. This preferential treatment for\u2062 clean energy can \u200dhinder\u200d scientific progress and the protection of wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u200dthese challenges, Baker acknowledges\u200d that some local \u2064agencies\u2064 have found\u200b ways to work around\u2064 these situations and prioritize the well-being\u200c of \u2062wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California is rapidly shifting to green energy, but concerns arise about potential consequences. The state aims to achieve 100% carbon-neutrality by 2045, yet some, like a former official from the California Fish and Wildlife Department, express apprehension. The transition&#8217;s impact is being closely watched as the Golden State accelerates towards its ambitious goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2289,"featured_media":1999126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1999125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1999125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}