Greenpeace boulders may delay North Sea windfarm projects

Environmental activists dumping stones on the seafloor to block bottom trawling have inadvertently placed obstacles on the construction site of a major offshore wind development backed by Andy Burnham, potentially complicating the £12bn pro

First covered Nov 14, 2026 · 3:00 AM PT · 1 article

Greenpeace boulders may delay North Sea windfarm projects — Image via theguardian.com

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6h Guardian Environment 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…

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

autonocion.com Boulders weighing up to 4,400 pounds just went over the side of an activist ship onto the seabed off England’s east coast, and they’re spread across about 45 square miles of a protected porpoise habitat to keep out the heavy nets bottom trawlers drag across the sea floor

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Appeared in: 2026-11-14 (#2)

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