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Peru eyes Amazon for one of worlds most powerful dams

2015-05-19 00:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Peru is proposing a huge hydroelectric dam in the Amazon that, if built, will be one of the most powerful on Earth, do significant harm to the environment, and flood the homes of thousands of people. The proposed mega-dam would be constructed at the Pongo de Manseriche, a spectacular gorge on the free flowing Maraón River, the main source of the Amazon River. The dams reservoir would flood as much as 5,470 square kilometers (2,111 square miles) and drown the town of Santa Maria de Nieva in...

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