Sentences with phrase «massive hydropower dam»
The comments appeared to confirm what geologists, biologists and environmentalists had been warning about for years: building a massive hydropower dam in an area that is heavily populated, home to threatened animal and plant species, and crossed by geologic fault lines is a recipe for disaster.
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However, these massive hydropower dams have in some cases proved costly in both human and environmental terms, provoking wide opposition.
Not exact matches
One day after Brazil's hotly protested Belo Monte dam is halted by court order, another massive hydropower project is halted, on the other side of the world and by a government
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