Sentences with phrase «massive hydroelectric plants»

The union says the Power Authority has exploited its quasi-government status to avoid reaching a contract with about 50 unionized workers who operate some of the massive hydroelectric plants in western and northern New York.

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The country has a large number of geothermal and hydroelectric power plants, which provide a massive electricity surplus to the island nation.

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Victories were seen on four continents: in Bolivia a draconian response to protestors embarrassed the government, causing them to drop plans to build a road through Tipnis, an indigenous Amazonian reserve; in Myanmar, a nation not known for bowing to public demands, large protests pushed the government to cancel a massive Chinese hydroelectric project; in Borneo a three - year struggle to stop the construction of a coal plant on the coast of the Coral Triangle ended in victory for activists; in Britain plans to privatize forests created such a public outcry that the government not only pulled back but also apologized; and in the U.S. civil disobedience and massive marches pressured the Obama Administration to delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring tar sands from Canada to a global market.