SafeWind: Wind Farms, Wildlife and the Environment

Do offshore wind farms harm marine life?
Learn about how offshore wind farms could affect whales, seals, fish, and marine turtles.

Frequently Asked Questions: Do turbines kill birds?
SafeWind answers your questions about how wind farms affect birds.

Offshore wind farms and the public trust
SafeWind answers your questions about how public trust doctrine applies to U.S. offshore wind farms.

Frequently Asked Questions: Do turbines kill bats?
SafeWind answers your questions about how wind farms affect bats..

Harm to birds from wind farms can be minimized
While some collisions occur no matter where a facility is located, the magnitude and severity of such impacts can be minimized by careful siting, as well as mitigation strategies.

Questions and answers about wind farms, wildlife and global warming
The Humane Society of the United States tackles tough questions about our energy choices.

Thirty songbirds die at a single turbine in one night
The Cumberland Times-News reports that 30 songbirds were killed at a single turbine during a night of dense fog in Tucker County, West Virginia, in June 2003. Bright lights may have been part of the reason so many birds died.

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