[news] Dam Locally, Warm Globally

[Resist!ca]

Boreal forest, aboriginal peoples threatened by new push for exploitation "...Manitoba Hydro wants to build the Wuskwatim dam. This is to be the first in a series of hydroelectric projects, further threatening the boreal forest by cutting roads and transmission lines through some of North America's last unspoiled wilderness. The plans to construct hydroelectric projects in Manitoba's boreal forest are in large part to supply US consumers."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/2/10/54627/6137