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Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

How the world's taste for soya is eating Brazil's Amazon

Hydroelectric dams and agricultural expansion in the Amazon have caused flooding, displacement, rapid deforestation, disorderly urbanisation, organised crime growth, and widespread environmental disruption.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Hydropower saps flows from the mighty Kern River. Rafters want their whitewater back.

A group protested, carrying a raft for 16 miles, to raise awareness about insufficient water flow in a river affected by a hydroelectric dam.
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