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Article: ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: BUILDER FINDS OPPOSITION TO POWER PLANTS

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December 19, 2008
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Daniela Estrada
Inter Press Service English News Wire
12-19-2008
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 19, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Not only have the
five mega-dams planned for two unspoiled rivers in southern Chile
drawn opposition, but other major hydropower and thermoelectric
projects have as well.
"Today, citizens have taken on a role that should be played by
the state and by government officials," said Juan Pablo Orrego,
with the Ecosistemas environmental group.
Ecosistemas is fighting the five dams the private
Chilean-Spanish energy company HidroAysn plans to build on the
Baker and Pascua rivers, located 1,243 miles south of Santiago, in
the Patagonian wilderness.
"Chile is an ecologically fragile country. ...

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