False Shades of Green: The Case of Brazilian Amazonian Hydropower
The Federal Government of Brazil has ambitious plans to build a system of 58 additional hydroelectric dams in the Brazilian Amazon, with Hundreds of additional dams planned for other countries in the watershed. Although hydropower is often billed as clean energy, we argue that the environmental imp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-09-01
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Series: | Energies |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/7/9/6063 |