Obama administration finalizes rule on eagle killings by wind turbines

Published December 6, 2013 5:00am ET



The Obama administration finalized a rule Friday extending the length of permits that allow energy companies’ wind farms to kill eagles without penalty.

The Interior Department rule lengthens the permits for eagle “takings” — in which bald or golden eagles are accidentally killed — to 30 years, up from five.

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