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Fossil Fuel Power Plants Kill 35x More Birds Than Wind Turbines
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this post was submitted on 12 Oct 2023
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Skimmed the article for the reason of bird death.
They look at habitat loss due to fossil fuel mining and at the impact of acid rain caused by burning fossil fuels and mentioned climate change.
I have a feeling that these numbers could be shadowed when looking at the deaths caused by air pollution from coal plants. But I guess that must be difficult to assess.