Thousands of birds are igniting mid-air. What’s solar got to do with it?

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By Sara BernardAug 18, 2014, 6:28 pm60 pts
At the $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar installation in California’s Mojave Desert, telltale plumes of smoke curl above the plant’s hyper-concentrated rays. According to federal wildlife officials, these smoke bombs are too big to be caused by insects or bits of trash. Nope — they’re the result of…

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