{"id":419264,"date":"2025-12-31T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T08:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=419264"},"modified":"2025-12-31T21:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:52:40","slug":"aussie-greens-demand-wind-farm-cancellation-to-protect-endangered-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=419264","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Greens Demand Wind Farm Cancellation to Protect Endangered Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Green-on-Green civil war is heating up in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Experts say climate change bigger threat to biodiversity than renewable energy projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As aging coal-fired power stations along Australia\u2019s east coast reach the end of their lives, the country is looking to transition to renewable energy to secure our energy sources into the future in the face of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what happens when these developments have the potential to hurt sensitive ecosystems or biodiversity?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Is some environmental damage an unfortunate \u2014 but unavoidable \u2014 casualty in the battle against climate change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The proposed wind farm is adjacent to an internationally significant Ramsar-listed wetland and a number of national parks, sparking concerns it could pose a risk to a number of endangered birds, including the Australasian bittern, orange-bellied parrot and south-eastern red-tailed black cockatoo.

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Australian National University professor of environmental and climate change economics Frank Jotzo said renewable energy projects have a \u201cminimal\u201d impact on the environment, and while that\u2019s unfortunate, they are for the greater good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhatever we do, there will be some undesirable effects,\u201d Professor Jotzo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the big picture, there\u2019s no omelette you can make without breaking any eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimate change is the far bigger threat to biodiversity, to our environment, agricultural systems and economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-12-28\/renewable-energy-impacts-kentbruck-wind-farm\/106157018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

There is no way to prevent mass bird deaths around wind farms. During my time as a pilot, I saw first hand how insensitive to aerial threats some birds are. Raptors are especially vulnerable. Small prey species of birds will dive for cover, but millions of years of evolution have taught large raptors they are the lords of the sky. That is why in the tragic video below the eagle doesn\u2019t even try to get out of the way of the turbine blade, they are incapable of visualising the turbine blade is a threat. As a pilot of a light aircraft I could take evasive action, because I knew the large raptor wasn\u2019t going to evade. Wind turbines not so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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