Birdlife International Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:07:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Two Vulture Species in Africa at Risk of Extinction Due to Wind Power Project https://www.greenoptimistic.com/two-vulture-species-in-africa-at-risk-of-extinction-due-to-wind-power-project-20130205/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/two-vulture-species-in-africa-at-risk-of-extinction-due-to-wind-power-project-20130205/#respond Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:07:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32614 According to Birdlife International, two threatened vulture species in southern Africa may be at risk of extinction if a new wind power project in the mountains of Lesotho comes to fruition. The vultures are often killed by the spinning blades of the wind turbines, and experts are certain the wind power project will have dire […]

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