March 15, 2013
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America.
March 8-15, 2013
Chile
The Chilean Solar Energy Research Ce… Continue reading
March 13, 2013
by Barry Nelson
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Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst, Water Program, San Francisco
Half a century ago, the State of California built the State Water Project. It was a bold project, spanning two thirds of the state, from Oroville Dam on the Feather… Continue reading
March 17, 2012
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
Chile
Positive news for the non-conventional renewable energy sector made headlines this week in Chile. At a solar energy conference, a senior vice-president of the internation… Continue reading
December 15, 2011
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
HidroAysén, the company proposing to build five hydroelectric dams on two of Chile’s wildest rivers in Patagonia, made the route for the project’s transmission li… Continue reading
March 17, 2011
by Doug Sims
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Before the emerging energy crisis was exacerbated by events in Libya and Japan, President Obama’s trip to Chile already had energy as a major agenda item. The visit seemed destined to be a genial affair in which Obama and President Pi&ntild… Continue reading
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by Barry Nelson
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CBS News ran a story on Sunday about the 75th Anniversary of Hoover Dam. As CBS points out, Hoover Dam was built during the depths of the depression and the nation saw the project as an engineering triumph. It was as much a victory of the A… Continue reading
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