{"id":16181,"date":"2011-07-21T17:17:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T21:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=16181"},"modified":"2012-02-03T07:38:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T12:38:05","slug":"finally-civil-disobedience-over-wind-turbines-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/finally-civil-disobedience-over-wind-turbines-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, civil disobedience over wind turbines! (Denmark)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“Blockade against Danish<\/a> test centre for giant wind turbines<\/a>\u201d
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\n\u2014Peter Skeel Hjorth<\/a>, WTS.com reporter\u00a0(reporting from Sweden)<\/p>\n

Thursday morning, 15 July 2011, the local Danish police gave up removing the activists\u00a0who since Friday, 15 July 2011, have prevented the cutting down of forest to\u00a0make room for the planned National Test Centre for 250 metres high\u00a0windmills in Thy, Northern Jutland<\/a> [Denmark].<\/p>\n

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Ten police officers turned up to end the blockade, but withdrew when it turned\u00a0out that there were more activists than expected.<\/p>\n

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The protestors are camping in the\u00a0forest area where the authorities intend to cut down the trees to create the\u00a0right wind conditions in the Test Centre. “We shall be back in greater numbers,” the police said.<\/p>\n

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The Test Centre will be situated between a protected bird sanctuary, a so-called\u00a0Ramsar<\/a> area, and a Natura 2000<\/a> area. The Danish Society for Nature\u00a0Conservation finds that the law regarding the Test Centre violates the European Union (EU) Habitat Directive, and has brought the case before the EU Commission who\u00a0has requested a detailed statement from the Danish government.\u00a0Furthermore, a local association has filed a case against the Danish State.<\/p>\n

Friday, 15 July, the bird breeding season ended and by midnight the Danish\u00a0authorities intended to start cutting down the forest. Throughout the day, the local\u00a0population protested against the demolition of one of Denmark’s last wilderness area.<\/p>\n

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The activists simply laid down in front of the authorities’ machines to prevent\u00a0the cutting down to start. They are staying in the area in tents, day and night.<\/p>\n

The ruling of the EU Commission is expected within a couple of weeks. The\u00a0activists demand that the cutting be postponed until the ruling of the\u00a0EU Commission and the verdict of a Danish court have been made public.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Danish press is following the case every hour.<\/p>\n

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An open letter from the Danish\u00a0Association for Improved Environment to the Minister for the Environment was published today, requesting the Minister to stop the work.<\/p>\n

We find it very problematic that you, as the government’s representative,\u00a0want to force through a very controversial Test Centre for windmills, when the\u00a0most basic investigation of the negative impact on the surroundings have\u00a0not yet been made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The demonstration in Thy has no central organization, but arose\u00a0spontaneously. A spokesman for the activists appealed for support and\u00a0assistance from both Europe and the rest of the world—support as\u00a0soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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\nContact Peter Skeel Hjorth, spokesman of EPAW in Scandinavia and\u00a0the Baltic States. Email: peter@skeelhjorth.dk<\/a> Phone: +46 708 166521<\/p>\n

Or Aleksander S\u00f8nder. Email: aleksander.soender@gmail.com<\/a> Phone: +45\u00a026160630<\/p>\n

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\nClick<\/span>\u00a0here<\/a> for more photos.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00b7 “Blockade against Danish test centre for giant wind turbines\u201d \u00b7 \u2014Peter Skeel Hjorth, WTS.com reporter\u00a0(reporting from Sweden) Thursday morning, 15 July 2011, the local Danish police gave up removing the activists\u00a0who since Friday, 15 July 2011, have prevented the cutting down of forest to\u00a0make room for the planned National Test Centre for 250 metres high\u00a0windmills in Thy, Northern Jutland [Denmark]. Ten police officers turned up to end the blockade, but withdrew when it turned\u00a0out that there were more activists than expected. The protestors are camping in the\u00a0forest area where the authorities intend to cut down the trees to create the\u00a0right wind conditions in the Test Centre. “We shall be back in greater numbers,” the police said. The Test Centre will be situated between a protected bird sanctuary, a so-called\u00a0Ramsar area, and a Natura 2000 area. The Danish Society for Nature\u00a0Conservation finds that the law regarding the Test Centre violates the European Union (EU) Habitat Directive, and has brought the case before the EU Commission who\u00a0has requested a detailed statement from the Danish government.\u00a0Furthermore, a local association has filed a case against the Danish State. Friday, 15 July, the bird breeding season ended and by midnight the Danish\u00a0authorities intended to start cutting down the forest. Throughout the day, the local\u00a0population protested against the demolition of one of Denmark’s last wilderness area. The activists simply laid down in front of the authorities’ machines to prevent\u00a0the cutting down to start. They are staying in the area in tents, day and night. The ruling of the EU Commission is expected within a couple of weeks. The\u00a0activists demand that the cutting be postponed until the ruling of the\u00a0EU Commission and the verdict of a Danish court have been made public. The\u00a0Danish press is following the case every hour. An open letter from the Danish\u00a0AssociationRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[171,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}