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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma; COLOR: #0011ed" color=#0011ed size=4 face=Tahoma><U><A title=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/17/the-gulfs-bird-toll/ href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/17/the-gulfs-bird-toll/">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/17/the-gulfs-bird-toll/</A></U><U></U></FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 17px"><FONT style="FONT: 27px Tahoma" size=6 face=Tahoma><B>EDITORIAL: The Gulf's bird toll</B></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px"><FONT style="FONT: 20px Tahoma" size=5 face=Tahoma><B>Windmills slaughter more than oil spill</B></FONT></P>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>By
<A title=http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/the-washington-times/ href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/the-washington-times/"><FONT style="COLOR: #0011ed" color=#0011ed><U>THE WASHINGTON
TIMES</U></FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>The
Washington Times</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>6:26
p.m., Tuesday, August 17, 2010</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>Lt.
Jamison Ferriel, Dr. Sharon Taylor and AET Everett Hill release pelicans into
the Indian River Lagoon on Sunday. About a dozen birds tainted with oil from the
gulf spill were released at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The birds
were treated in Louisiana and flown Sunday on board a United States Coast Guard
HC 144 aircraft with a crew of 4 and veterinarian Dr. Sharon Taylor with US Fish
and Wildlife. (Associated Press)</FONT></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma></FONT> </P>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>While several million gallons of crude oil have poured into the Gulf
of Mexico since April, nature has been far more resilient than environmental
doomsayers would like. The left is counting on images of oiled pelicans and
lingering devastation to build urgency for unpopular policies like
"cap-and-trade." Nature is refusing to cooperate, and the so-called
environmentalists are proving to be the true hazard.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>President <A title=http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/ href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/"><FONT style="COLOR: #0011ed" color=#0011ed><U>Obama</U></FONT></A>, criticized for the
lax federal response to the spill, is eager to put the incident behind him. On
Saturday, the <A title=http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/ href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/"><FONT style="COLOR: #0011ed" color=#0011ed><U>White House</U></FONT></A> released a
photograph of the commander in chief frolicking in the sheltered waters at
Alligator Point in Panama City Beach, Fla. The message is that the Gulf is back
in business.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>In
some respects, it is. According to the latest figures, cleanup crews have
collected 6,286 birds impacted by the spill. A total of 4,359 were found dead,
and 1,927 were alive but covered in oil. A good deal of luck kept these numbers
far below those seen in the wake of the 1989 <A title=http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/exxon/ href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/exxon/"><FONT style="COLOR: #0011ed" color=#0011ed><U>Exxon</U></FONT></A> Valdez disaster. The Deepwater Horizon
explosion happened much farther from shore, in warmer waters, with the force of
the Mississippi River offering some protection to the coastal marsh
zone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Tahoma></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>"As
tragic as it is to have this many birds affected, either dead or injured ... a
couple months ago we were fearing for the worst, and this is a pretty low
number, all things considered," Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman <A title=http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/david-patte/ href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/david-patte/"><FONT style="COLOR: #0011ed" color=#0011ed><U>David Patte</U></FONT></A> told The
Washington Times. The effort is far from over, as fall migration season draws
closer and teams race to clean up as much of the remaining oil as possible
before an estimated 30 million birds descend on the region.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT face=Tahoma></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>The
death toll of the "worst environmental disaster in history" pales in comparison
to the carnage wrought in the name of environmentalism. For example, the
Altamont Pass, Calif., wind farm's cruel blades pulverize 4,700 birds each year,
according to the National Audubon Society. Victims of this green power plant
include golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, American kestrels and burrowing owls.
The windmill industry defends itself by claiming newer turbine blades turn more
slowly, making it less likely that Tweety will meet his maker. It may only
change the victim. According to a 2008 study of the high-tech wind farm in
Judith Gap, Mont., the project's 90 turbines killed fewer birds, 406, but three
times as many bats - 1,206.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>The
impact of the Gulf oil spill on tourism and the fishing and shrimp industries
cannot be denied, but the wounds will soon heal. Environmentalism's avian
holocaust will continue - 33,000 birds annually, according to a 2002 Fish and
Wildlife Service estimate - until government pulls the plug on subsidies for
inefficient, unnecessary and deadly windmills.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Tahoma" size=4 face=Tahoma>©
Copyright 2010 The Washington Times</FONT></DIV>=</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/30/2010 10:09:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bcnnet-request@ece.iit.edu writes:</DIV>
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1<BR>Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:50:13 -0500<BR>From: "Carolyn A. Marsh"
<cmarshbird@prodigy.net><BR>Subject: [BCNnet] Gulf Science
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charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>FYI, Carolyn
Marsh<BR><BR><BR><BR>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/opinion/25hooper-Bui.html?_r=2<BR><http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/opinion/25hooper-Bui.html?_r=2&pagewanted<BR>=print>
&pagewanted=print<BR><BR><BR><BR>New York Times ed-op<BR><BR>August 24,
2010<BR><BR>A Gulf Science Blackout<BR><BR>By LINDA HOOPER-BUI<BR><BR>Baton
Rouge, La. <BR><BR>THE Deepwater Horizon blowout may be capped and the surface
oil slick<BR>dispersed, but the scientists' job has just begun: hundreds of us
are<BR>working in and around the gulf to determine the long-term
environmental<BR>impact of the drilling disaster. <BR><BR>Although we are all
doing needed research, we're not receiving equal money<BR>or access to the
affected sites. Those working for BP or the federal<BR>government's Natural
Resource Damage Assessment program are being given the<BR>bulk of the
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charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR><BR>The Children's Museum proposal will negatively
impact birds in the northern <BR>end of Grant Park. Please fill out the survey
to keep open space open for <BR>birds.<BR><BR>Christine
Williamson<BR>Chicago/Cook<BR>_birdchris@aol.com_ (mailto:birdchris@aol.com)
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<BR>Hi All,
<BR>The Chicago Park District is preparing to make changes to the
area they <BR>are calling North Grant Park - the northeast corner of
Grant Park <BR>including the location of the proposed Chicago
Children's Museum. <BR>Because of water leakage into the East Monroe
Street Parking Garage, <BR>some changes must be made. However, the
Chicago Park and its architects <BR>are keeping their cards close to
their chest regarding plans for the <BR>museum. As far as we
know, the Chicago Children's Museum is forging ahead <BR>with their
plans to build in Grant Park.<BR><BR>A survey is being circulated by
the Chicago Park District to collect <BR>public input. Please
participate and be heard! Share the link with your <BR>fellow park
lovers.<BR><BR>_http://bit.ly/grantparksurvey_
<BR>(http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103631556479&s=67&e=001lDhB_FTayWQjWQdYag5OPHFj-xJ<BR>RqWufUvicmXTn6MGg0XrkKEoHMc9MW2kNyPCDBruTv-wy0PuZMTVAzdJEB0QNdYG1cuj4IbFq4xu0PVRC9Uhgpq4UAg==)
<BR>At a public meeting with the architect, one attendee expressed
the <BR>simple concern that any design for the park should be
true park, and <BR>not include shopping. The architect's response?
A space this size would <BR>almost certainly include some type of
selling.<BR><BR>The Grant Park East Parking Garage lease deal allowed
for only a <BR>relatively modest budget of $30 million for
resurfacing the garage roof. <BR>However, at public meetings the
possibility of grander (and more <BR>expensive!) plans have been
suggested. An August 7 report in Chicago <BR>Gazette mentioned
costly proposed changes including narrowing Monroe <BR>drive and
building an underpass at Queen's landing (Lake Shore Drive at
<BR>Buckingham fountain, formerly a pedestrian crossing). No information
<BR>about these or other current proposals is posted on the
website for the <BR>North Grant Park project.<BR><BR>As plans for
changes to Grant Park grow ever more elaborate and <BR>expensive,
who do you think will end up shouldering the bill? And who <BR>will
benefit - the people of Chicago, or private interests including
the <BR>Chicago Children's Museum, restaurateurs and vendors?
<BR>Best Regards, <BR>Peggy Figiel <BR>Save Grant Park
<BR><BR>PS. Please share this link with friends today!
<BR>_http://bit.ly/grantparksurvey_
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<BR>_www.savegrantpark.org_
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<BR><BR><BR><BR>Peggy Figiel<BR>Save Grant Park
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