Nicaragua Canal: A Giant Project With Huge Environmental Costs

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By Yale Environment 360May 5, 2015, 8:40 am47 pts
Work has already begun on a $50 billion inter-ocean canal in Nicaragua that would cut through nature reserves and bring massive dredging and major ship traffic to Central America’s largest lake. Scientists and conservationists are warning that the project is an environmental disaster in the making.

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