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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Major offshore wind farm zone for nsw south coast | Mind Blowing Facts

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has approved a scaled-back offshore wind farm zone. (HANDOUT/PROFILE MEDIA)

A wind farm zone south of Sydney will be two-thirds its original proposed size and further offshore to protect little penguins, rocky reefs and the southern right whale.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen confirmed the zone stretching along the NSW Illawarra coast on Saturday, officially declaring it the fourth in Australia.

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