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"A group of about 30 protestors calling itself The Mountain Occupiers started its day climbing to the Lowell Mountain ridge.Their goal was to keep Green Mountain Power (GMP) wind project workers from getting to the site. Many of them are concerned with the project's environmental impact and said they're determined to try to prove their point.Protesters' song and dance delayed work from starting at about 7 a.m. Monday.\"Somebody's got to do it. There's a lot of people that are realizing it's a bad thing, but it just goes on unless people stand up,\" said Meredith Jones, a protester. She and others were warned to leave or face arrest. For Jones, that was the plan.\"Make my kids proud, after they get over it, ha ha,\" said Jones.GMP has faced opposition to the project since before construction started. Last month, two protesters were arrested after they blocked the delivery of the first turbine to the site.By noon Monday, police had had enough.\"We're asking you officially to leave now,\" said a sheriff.After two warnings, several activists danced their way off the access road. Six remained and were promptly placed in cuffs for trespassing.Shortly after the protestors were cleared, work resumed. Construction had been delayed five hours, which a GMP spokesperson said translates into tens of thousands of dollars lost.\"Obviously when you have workers standing by doing nothing, that's going to have a price impact,\" said Robert Dostis, a spokesperson for the company.Police said the protests are also a drain their resources, especially in light of the seven Orleans County Sheriff's Department vehicles crushed allegedly by a man on a tractor last week. The project site would normally be under the county's jurisdiction.Despite the setback, GMP maintains that overall construction is a month ahead of schedule. Six of the 21 turbines are expected to begin producing power by the end of August."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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