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$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.

$16B later, Site C dam flooding begins along Peace River | The Narwhalhttps://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.

Clean energy might help deal with emissions, but it does nothing to reverse deforestation, overfishing, soil depletion and mass extinction. A growth-obsessed economy powered by clean energy will still tip us into ecological disaster.” - Jason Hickel

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