Amazon hydropower plant contributes significant greenhouse emissions: Study

Amazon hydropower plant contributes significant greenhouse emissions: Study

Channel NewsAsia - World·2021-06-26 06:00

WASHINGTON: When climate researcher Dailson Bertassoli went to measure greenhouse gas emissions at the Belo Monte hydropower plant in Brazil, the first thing he noticed was the bubbles.

Developers have built hundreds of hydroelectric plants in the Amazon basin to take advantage of the allegedly "green" energy generated by its complex of rivers.

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