Hydropower in the Pan Amazon: A shift toward reduced impact facilities, but the controversy continues

After highways, investments in large-scale hydropower facilities are the most controversial infrastructure investments in the Pan Amazon. Governments pursue hydropower as a sovereign source of renewable energy and driver of economic growth; opponents object due to the environmental and social impacts associated with large-scale projects. There are elements of truth in both of these affirmations, […]

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