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Greenpeace boulders may delay building of £12bn windfarms in North Sea

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Greenpeace’s accidental boulder dump on a North Sea windfarm site could delay the £12bn project, highlighting how environmental protests can inadvertently impact major energy infrastructure.

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Activists dumped rocks off Norfolk coast on site of Burnham-backed project in protest against seabed trawlingThe giant offshore windfarms backed by Andy Burnham this week may face unexpected stumbling blocks after Greenpeace activists unwittingly dumped about 15 tonnes of boulders on to the site as part of a campaign against seabed trawling in the North Sea.Greenpeace created the “boulder barrier” to safeguard harbour porpoises off the Norfolk coast by dropping giant stone blocks, each weighing up to 2 tonnes, on to the sea floor to prevent a method of fishing known as bottom trawling. Continue reading...

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