As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Friday 29 March 2013

RSPB teams up with Ecotricity to protect wildlife


Post Date: 25 March 2013
The RSPB has announced a partnership with Ecotricity to help it install renewable energy in ways that will not harm wildlife. The RSPB, along with other conservation groups, has often been critical of wind farms.

The two organisations say their new partnership will also deepen the link between green energy and nature in other ways, in a mutually supportive manner. The RSPB will use its expertise to help Ecotricity create energy and nature projects that will integrate wildlife habitats into wind, wave, solar, and green gas generation projects.

Ecotricity, in turn, will help the RSPB to realise its ambitious plans for green energy, to improve energy efficiency and by installing electric vehicle charging points at wildlife reserve visitor centres.

Ecotricity founder Dale Vince said: “Protecting wildlife and creating habitats is not just close to our hearts, it is central to what we do. We’re already making green energy to cut the carbon emissions that cause climate change, which in turn impacts habitats and wildlife.

"This partnership takes that one step further, making closer links between nature and green energy."

He described the arrangement as "a long-term strategic partnership that will not only protect wildlife, but develop new habitat creation, and make the RSPB a more integral part of the process of our green energy projects.”

Harry Huyton, RSPB head of energy and climate, said: "Switching to a low carbon economy is one of the defining challenges of our generation. Failure would mean devastation for the world's wildlife, but equally we must ensure that when we develop renewable energy projects we do our best to ensure they do not harm wild species in our countryside."

He said the two organisations had a "common mission, of a renewables revolution in harmony with nature".

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