(Nan’s Note: This is my favorite news story of the day! Not being a fan of dams, changing the world’s ecosystems and displacing people, I smiled when I found this.)
By Lori Pottinger
It’s been a bad week for dams – and a very good one for the world’s rivers.
In Queensland, Australia, river protectors thrilled to the news today that their long fight to Save the Mary River from the ravages of a large dam is, finally, over.
Read about other dam projects going by the wayside in Mexico, Brazil and California in the entire article at Alternet.
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