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Wind Power News: Puerto Rico
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Windfarm permit "seriously contradicts" Endangered Species Act
A proposed windfarm in the Karso del Sur Important Bird Area (IBA), Puerto Rico, could wipe out five percent of the global population of the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Nightjar Caprimulgus noctitherus. The proposal, which has been strongly condemned by Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña (SOPI, BirdLife in Puerto Rico), is the latest in a series of windfarm proposals around the world which threaten bird populations of conservation importance. The Karso del Sur IBA is the most important remaining stronghold for Puerto . . . Complete story »
