Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Dams are 'centerpiece of greenwashing' in the Amazon

Mongabay: Brazil's ambitious plans to build 30 dams in the Amazon basin could trump the country's efforts to protect the world's largest rainforest, said a leading Amazon scientist speaking at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Bonito, Brazil. Philip Fearnside of Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia in Manaus, warned that contrary to claims put forth by proponents, dams in the Amazon aren't a source of green energy. Nor do they offer good returns...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0625-atbc-fearnside.html
Enclosure: http://photos.mongabay.com/j/GP03WZ3.400.jpg

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