Is wind power truly green? Massive bird kill at WV wind farm highlights a broad issue | Mountain Xpress | Asheville, NC

At the Laurel Mountain facility in the Allegheny Mountains, almost 500 birds were reportedly killed after lights were left on at an electrical substation associated with the wind project. The deaths are said to have occurred not from collisions with the wind turbines themselves, but from a combination of collisions with the substation and apparent exhaustion as birds caught in the light’s glare circled in mass confusion.

Flashback: Syncrude to pay $3M penalty for duck deaths - Edmonton - CBC News

Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada will pay a $3-million penalty for the deaths of 1,600 ducks in one of its toxic tailings ponds in April 2008.