A bird flies among wind turbines near King City, Mo. Hawks

In an interview with Fox News this week, former President Donald Trump, a climate change denier and unabashed ally of planet-warming fossil fuels, furthered his already-long record of exaggerating the wind industry’s impact on birds.

But this time, he leaned into his purported concern that wind companies are killing eagles without punishment.

“If you shoot a bald eagle, or an eagle of any kind, they put you in jail for two years,” he told Fox News host Jesse Watters. “Go under a windmill, see how many eagles are under there. Nobody goes to jail.”

trump shocked that wind turbine workers aren't in jail for killing bald eagles pic.twitter.com/0NbTk7Tp7m

This was a remarkably rich talking point considering the fact that during his presidency, Trump made it easier for........

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