Échos > 2011 > Wind farm invasion - Proposal for up to 100 turbines off D-Day beaches

Normandy
Advertiser

September 2011
Issue 21

Wind farm invasion

Proposal for up to 100 turbines off D-Day beaches
1,000 fishermen 'could lose their livelihoods'
Residents fear value of seafront homes will plummet

On a visit to Courseulles-sur-Mer, ecology minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet scans the horizon - a view that could be dominated by 100 wind turbines if government plans are approved.

Storm brews as wind farm threatens 'sacred' coast

We will fight them on the beaches, promise fishermen, veterans, and residents furious over D-Day site wind farm proposals.

Protestors facing an uphill struggle

'It's a desecration of soldiers' graves'

Fishing industry 'will be sunk' if plans go ahead

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