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Chilean officials granted environmental approval for the HidroAysén project in May 2011, which would build five mega-dams on two of Patagonia’s wildest rivers. Yet the project is far from a done deal.
President Piñera can still renounce HidroAysén and big dam development, and instead show Chile as a world leader in creating a truly sustainable future based on democratic participation, respect for human rights, energy efficiency and non-conventional renewables like solar, wind and geothermal power.