Social and Environmental Costs of Hydropower Are Underestimated, Study Shows

ENN
Jan 10, 2019, 2:15 pm56 pts
While most developed countries have reduced the construction of large dams for the production of electricity in recent decades, developing countries, including Brazil, have embarked on even more massive hydropower developments.

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