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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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