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Rules to curb harmful underwater noise in offshore wind construction unveiled

The measures aim to reduce the impact that detonating old unexploded ordnance and installing turbines can have on marine animals.

Constructors will have to find less noisy ways of detonating old munitions when they build offshore windfarms
Constructors will have to find less noisy ways of detonating old munitions when they build offshore windfarms (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
By Rebecca Speare-Cole, PA sustainability reporter