Chile Scraps Dam Project in 'Greatest Triumph of the Nation's Environmental Movement'

Andrea Germanos @ Common Dreams - In a decision hailed as "the greatest triumph of the environmental movement" in the country, Chile on Tuesday rejected a controversial dam project.

The HidroAysén project in the seismically active area would have included five dams on two rivers in Patagonia—the Baker and Pascua—and, according to International Rivers, would have resulted in...read more.