According to IBM Distinguished Engineer Harry Kolar, noise is one of the many potentialenvironmentalimpacts of both wave energy and tidal energy currently being studied.
Pacific Rim set about making its case, speaking with both local officials and community members to ensure them that they would leave their water purer than they found it, and the activists pushed equally hard to encourage the community and government to take a closer look at the potentialenvironmentalimpacts.
The North York Moors National Park Authority said it would carefully assess the potential economic benefits and the environmentalimpacts of the mine before reaching any decision.