Alive – an American icon; dead, an “inconvenient” wind industry fact.

The rampant slaughter of millions of birds and bats – including rare, endangered and majestic species, like America’s iconic golden eagle – is one of the many ‘inconvenient’ facts that moves the wind industry to lie like fury and – when the corpses can no longer be hidden and the lying fails – to issue court proceedings to literally bury those facts (see our post here).

But – in America, at least – the ‘inconvenient’ facts are starting to catch up with a vengeance, as US authorities start to do their jobs, finally punishing wind power outfits for what is nothing less than the pointless slaughter of thousands of rare, endangered and, what should be, protected birds.

Wind farm operator fined $2.5 million related to bird deaths in Wyoming
Associated Press
19 December 2014

CHEYENNE, Wyoming — Wind…