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In France, Dam Is the Catalyst for a Flood of Young Peoples Anger
2014-11-01 20:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The protests began a year ago in this quiet corner of southwestern France, as a small and peaceful gathering of hippies, environmental activists and utopians of all types set up tents to oppose the construction of a nearby dam. In August, after local authorities sent diggers and then crushing machines to level the soil and destroy trees, clashes erupted between protesters and the police, turning this vast stretch of woodland into what many here called a war zone. More than a hundred protesters,...
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