The Fish and Wildlife Service refused to attend a hearing Thursday to discuss penalties for a huge federally backed solar power plant that has incinerated dozens of protected birds with the “death rays” it produces.

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, chaiman of the House Natural Resources Committee’s oversight and investigations panel, criticized the Ivanpah power plant’s harm to wildlife while failing to meet power production goals.

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