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Bats vs. wind energy: a gory tale of two climate solutions

Bats vs. wind energy: a gory tale of two climate solutions

Update: 2025-10-01
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Cori Lausen remembers the first time she saw a bat killed by a wind turbine. It looked like a “black banana peel.” That unlocked a years-long search to understand what was happening and how to fix it. Decades later, Cori says not enough has been done to keep those bat species, which act as natural pest control, from becoming endangered. As wind energy developments continue to pop up in a rush to add renewables to the grid, the question looms: will we be able to do enough to keep both climate solutions on the landscape?

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Bats vs. wind energy: a gory tale of two climate solutions

Bats vs. wind energy: a gory tale of two climate solutions