French energy giant ordered to switch off wind turbines that kill endangered birds

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60943118

In what bird lovers are calling a landmark ruling, the Montpellier court held EDF Renouvelables and nine of its subsidiaries responsible for the deaths of 160 bats and birds, especially lesser kestrels, which regularly collide with the blades despite deterrents put in place by operators.