claim: “Global warming alarmists’ preferred electricity source – wind power – kills nearly 1 million bats every year (to say nothing of the more than 500,000 birds killed every year) in the United States alone.
evidences.evidence_id: Environmental impact of wind power:114
evidences.article: Environmental impact of wind power
evidences.evidence: His meta-analysis concluded that in 2012 in the United States, wind turbines resulted in the deaths of 888,000 bats and 573,000 birds, including 83,000 birds of prey.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Environmental impact of wind power:131
evidences.article: Environmental impact of wind power
evidences.evidence: An estimated 1 to 9 million birds are killed every year by tall buildings in Toronto, Ontario, Canada alone, according to the wildlife conservation organization Fatal Light Awareness Program.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Environmental impact of wind power:161
evidences.article: Environmental impact of wind power
evidences.evidence: A 2013 study produced an estimate that wind turbines killed more than 600,000 bats in the U.S. the previous year, with the greatest mortality occurring in the Appalachian Mountains.
evidences.votes: REFUTES SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Environmental impact of wind power:162
evidences.article: Environmental impact of wind power
evidences.evidence: Some earlier studies had produced estimates of between 33,000 and 888,000 bat deaths per year.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Environmental impact of wind power:702
evidences.article: Environmental impact of wind power
evidences.evidence: 600,000 bats killed at wind energy facilities in 2012, study says, LA Times, November 8, 2013.
evidences.votes: REFUTES SUPPORTS