When people ask about population declines in birds, they often focus on a single cause like turbines. But wildlife deaths from human activities include building collisions, pollution, habitat loss and especially climate change, which is already causing massive destruction.
All are significant threats to the world’s birds.
By expanding wind energy capacity wisely and carefully monitoring bird and bat interactions, we can keep renewable energy growing while minimizing its negative impacts on other species.
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