Over the past 50 years, bald eagles in the U.S. have returned from the brink of extinction. Now, the birds perch on tree branches over rivers and lakes across much of the country. But as the climate changes, eagles will face new challenges.
President Trump, who has more bad blood with windmills than Sancho Panza, laid into his least favorite form of energy again over the weekend, blaming wind power for killing bald eagles while spewing greenhouse gasses into the air.
Bald eagles' success shows that the Endangered Species Act remains necessary and should not be substantially weakened, as the Trump administration proposes.
