Saturday, June 9, 2012

Sierra Club Campaigns for Bird Cusinart's

 The Sierra Club has recently launched a new campaign “Wind Works” this six figure campaign is designed to push lawmakers to pass the Wind Welfare tax credit. This credit does nothing more than line the pockets of developers at the expense of tax payers and the environment.

The Sierra Club’s support of big wind highlights their Philosophically flawed reasoning.
In 1995, the Sierra Club adopted a Philosophy of Service and Stewardship, To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the Earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the Earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.
In that vein a Sierra Club official called electricity-producing windmills "the Cuisinart’s of the air" for their tendency to kill thousands of birds, including endangered species, annually.

in 2007 the Sierra Club asked their members for support to save The Endangered Species Act. According to the Sierra Club's website: "The Endangered Species Act is one of America's most effective tools for safeguarding our fish and wildlife heritage."

At the same time they were lobbying on the side of the American Wind Energy Association to defeat legislation that would protect endangered birds and bats. Even though thousands of birds, bats, eagles and other endangered species die every year from deadly collisions with wind turbines .
The Sierra club has an agenda and it is not protecting wildlife.

Sources:
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
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Wind Works
The Sierra club website

MPR News ~

 Wind turbines show how costly 'free' energy can be

by Ron Reimer October 15, 2009

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Sierra Club Lobbies Against Legislation That Would Protect Endangered Birds and Bats

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