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Scottish government approves world's largest tidal power scheme

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I'm a bit concerned about the impact of the Scottish schemes on whales and dolphins. This week we heard of a St Andrews study which said the disturbance from offshore windfarms would lead to more beached whales. For one of the symbols of environmentalism to suffer this way would be most ironic. Now, New Zealand is noted for its whales and doplhins, though maybe less so in the Kaipara, but what about our large sea mammals there too? I note the Jura scheme is backed by the World Wildlife Fund, but have they now chosen to put carbon reduction before whales?

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17 Mar 2011

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4:04 pm

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