About two billion birds fly through Texas in the spring – and lit-up buildings pose a deadly risk. A growing campaign seeks to save birds with darkness.
  • Bizzle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Surprised that anyone with juice in Texas gives a fuck about birds but you go, little dudes. Now let’s try human rights.

    • yggstyle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      They don’t. Even Austin which has a lot of progressive minds wouldn’t be the reason this is happening… it’s cheaper to turn the lights out and commercial leases are bombing. This is a nice byproduct to be sure … but reality is this is a financial move not a greener earth move.

    • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      They couldn’t be bothered to turn anything off when the power grid was overtaxed. So I have my doubts they will do this either.

      • yggstyle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        See then it was the plebs without power… now it’s financial institutions getting left with the price of electricity on dying commercial property.

        It’s a weak showing if you suggest you’re doing it to save costs … but if you’re getting “free press” for doing it to save the ecosystem … completely acceptable. Line goes up.