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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Cockburn

Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up UK energy prices

Greenpeace UK claimed the crown estate is treating the seabed as “an asset to be milked for profit and outrageous bonuses”, and warned it could take the public body to court.

The campaigning organisation accused the crown estate of “monopoly profiteering”, claiming this is inflating energy bills and driving up costs for offshore wind developers and billpayers.

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