Greenpeace boulders may delay building of £12bn windfarms in North Sea
The Guardian reports that Greenpeace activists dumped about 15 tonnes of boulders off the Norfolk coast as part of a campaign against seabed trawling in the North Sea, unwittingly placing them on the site of giant offshore windfarms backed this week by Andy Burnham. According to the outlet, Greenpeace created the "boulder barrier" by dropping giant stone blocks to safeguard harbour porpoises, and the move may delay construction of the £12bn windfarm project.
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Greenpeace boulders may delay building of £12bn windfarms in North Sea
Activists dumped rocks off Norfolk coast on site of Burnham-backed project in protest against seabed trawling The 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 weighin
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