«[T] hat another federally
endangered bat species, the gray bat, has been confirmed with white - nose syndrome is devastating for anyone who cares about bats and the benefits they provide to people,» U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe said in a prepared statement.
Not exact matches
The
endangered Indiana
bat is among
species in this category.
The gray
bat was added to the
Endangered Species list in 1976.
The Thongaree's disc - nosed
bat, a newly - discovered
species that lives in a small region of Thailand, entered the list as critically
endangered — just one step from going extinct.
In a year filled with news of devastating population losses among frogs,
bats, bees, shorebirds, and salmon, researchers in August reported good news for at least one
endangered species: the western lowland gorilla.
Belgium's 18
species of
bat are all
endangered by pesticides and less tolerant home owners.
Yet researchers have also found carcasses of cave - hibernating
bats, including the little brown
bat and the northern long - eared myotis — two
species that have been devastated by the fungal disease white nose syndrome and that are now being considered for protection under the Endangered Speci
species that have been devastated by the fungal disease white nose syndrome and that are now being considered for protection under the
Endangered SpeciesSpecies Act.
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Two of the
species are already listed as federally
endangered (Indiana
bat, Gray
bat).
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Bats and Birds,:: Common Eco-Myth: Wind Turbines Kill Birds
The East Oxford Alliance citizen's group filed an urgent request last week with Environment Minister Glen Murray to stop the Gunn's Hill Wind Farm because the project will kill little brown
bats, a
species whose numbers are plunging across North America and is now on Ontario's and Canada's
endangered lists.
The
bats being killed by turbines in Ontario include the little brown
bat, tri-coloured
bat, eastern small footed
bat, and northern long - eared
bat, all on the
endangered species list.
Wind turbines are killing
bats, including ones on the
endangered species list, at nearly double the rate set as acceptable by the Ontario government, the latest monitoring report indicates.
An estimated 42,656
bats were killed by Ontario wind turbines between May 1 and Oct. 31, 2015, including several
endangered species, the study said.
Wind turbine installations butcher millions of birds and
bats annually, but are exempt from
Endangered Species Act fines and penalties.
The ridge is home to three
endangered bird
species and a type of
endangered bat.
As project development progresses we engage leading scientists to conduct a broad spectrum of environmental assessments, such as wetland determinations, threatened and
endangered species surveys and consultations, and multi-year avian and
bat use surveys.
They promote spending $ 22 billion just in federal money during FY - 2014 on climate change studies; costly solar projects of every description; wind turbines that blight scenic vistas and slaughter millions of birds and
bats annually, while wind energy developers are exempted from
endangered species and other environmental laws that apply to all other industries; and ethanol programs that require millions of acres of farmland and vast quantities of water, fertilizer, pesticides and fossil fuel energy to produce a gasoline additive that reduces mileage, harms engines, drives up food prices... and increases CO2 emissions.
-LSB-...] Windfarms are basically giant bird Cuisinarts, killing many
endangered species of raptors and
bats.
**** The rampant slaughter of millions of birds and
bats — including rare,
endangered and majestic
species, like America's iconic bald and golden eagles — 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 -LSB-...]
Wind and solar companies have been exempted from
endangered species laws, to protect them against legal actions for destroying wildlife habitats, birds and
bats.
The expert quoted for the article made the following statement «Biologically significant impacts to any bird or
bat species, including those that are
endangered and threatened, are highly unlikely».
The Chamber joined with a coalition of business groups to file a reply brief in support of its cross-motion for summary judgment in these two cases concerning the listing of the northern long - eared
bat as a threatened
species under the Endangered Speci
species under the
Endangered SpeciesSpecies Act.