After a proposed offshore wind farm in northern Taiwan's Hsinchu passed its environmental impact assessment, local environmental groups are voicing concerns it could harm endangered dolphins living in that area.
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00:00Environmental protection groups are sounding the alarm over an offshore wind development near Hsinchu.
00:07The government this week approved the development following updates to the ecological protection plan.
00:13Activists say there's been an alarming rise in stranded dolphins near floating wind farms.
00:19The developers' revised plans include additional monitoring efforts to protect the dolphins' shallow water habitat.
00:26But environmental groups say the plans don't go far enough.
00:30The latest research shows that stranded dolphins on Taiwan's mainland are likely to be overwintered.
00:35We don't want these animals to decrease in population due to construction.