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Obama admin sweats legal response as turbines kill birds

MOUNT STORM, W.Va. -- Turn the final bend on Route 42 as it snakes up Mount Storm and a towering turbine appears, its blades swooshing in the winter gusts. Dozens more of these giants crown this remote mountain ridge 150 miles west of Washington, D.C. Dominion and Shell WindEnergy's NedPower Mount Storm facility -- 132 turbines in all -- generates up to 264 megawatts, enough to power around 66,000 homes. But there's a problem: The whirring blades kill birds. A lot of them. Go to story #1

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