A Very Good Week for the World’s Rivers and a Bad Week for Dams

by nan on 2009/11/22 · 0 comments

in Environment, News

(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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