$16B later, Site C dam flooding begins along Peace River | The Narwhal
Another huge hydro dam is being built in British Columbia, on Canada's west coast.
The article describes the coming destruction of farmland and wildlife habitat.
“We have to decarbonize our economy, but it can’t be on the back of flooding more river valleys.”
But as long as the economy grows, more sacrifice zones like this will be made. And if you don't like flooded river valleys, go take a look at tar sands pits or mountaintop removals.
https://thenarwhal.ca/site-c-dam-flooding-begins/Open linkView original on slrpnk.net
The continued cluster fuck of killing the biosphere to save the planet. Hydros not even close to clean, or green and generates heaps of GHG emsisons from rotting veg.