River Killers

By Juan Pablo Orrego, originally published by Post Carbon Institute/Foundation for Deep Ecology

July 26, 2013

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This essay comes from the book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth Published by the Foundation for Deep Ecology in collaboration with Watershed Media and Post Carbon Institute.

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Juan Pablo Orrego

Juan Pablo Orrego is a Chilean environmentalist, president of the activist group Grupo de Acción por el Biobío, which represents the indigenous Pehuenche people in the Biobío Region.

Tags: ecology, energy-reality, Hydropower, Watershed Planning

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