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The Americas: Chile: Patagonia Dams Rejected
2014-06-11 04:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A government commission rejected an $8 billion proposal to dam Patagonian rivers to meet growing energy demands, handing a victory to environmentalists who praised the ruling on Tuesday. The commission, including the ministers of agriculture, energy, mining, economy and health, voted unanimously to reject the HidroAysén plan, which would have tamed two of the worlds wildest rivers, the Baker and Pascua, and built more than 1,000 miles of power lines to supply energy to central Chile. Patricio Rodrigo,...
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Chile Patagonia Celebrates Decision Against Wilderness Dams
2014-06-11 02:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The Chilean government rejected Tuesday the controversial HidroAysén project for the construction of five hydroelectric dams on rivers in the south of the country. The decision came after years of struggle by environmental groups and local communities, who warned the world of the destruction the dams would wreak on the Patagonian wilderness. "This is a historic day," Juan Pablo Orrego, the international coordinator of the Patagonia Without Dams campaign, told IPS after the decision was announced....
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Why We Need More Large Dams
2014-05-15 05:11:17| ENR.com: Headline News
The Oxford study, unfortunately, completely ignores the climate change problem and doesnt provide any viable alternative to large dams and hydropower
Mississippi dams aren't to blame for flood risks
2014-04-20 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Maybe the Mississippi river delta isn't doomed after all. Upstream dams on the rivers that run through the delta were thought to be starving it of the sediment it needs to stay above sea level -- but now it seems there's enough sand to feed the delta for centuries to come. The Mississippi river delta, home to 2 million people and the largest tonnage shipping port in the US, is vulnerable to flooding -- the city of New Orleans, which lies on the delta, was famously inundated...
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Australia: Queenslands Plans for Flood Dams Could Prove Futile
2014-04-10 22:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sourceable: The Queensland government`s dam expansion plans could prove unequal to the task of preventing the damage caused by severe flooding events in future. The Queensland government has unveiled the measures it is considering to reduce the impact of heavy storms and flooding,in the state including alterations to the Wivenhoe Dam and the construction of as many as eight new dams. Premier Campbell Newman said that the government had identified eight locations where the construction of dams had the potential...
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