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A dam plan gone wrong in Ecuador's Amazon

A dam plan gone wrong in Ecuador's Amazon

FromThe Take


A dam plan gone wrong in Ecuador's Amazon

FromThe Take

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Jul 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Chances are you've never heard of the Coca Codo Sinclair Dam. It's a project that was designed to supercharge renewable energy in Ecuador. Instead, it brought oil spills, flash floods, corruption, and crippling debt.In the second half of our two-part series on Ecuador's Amazon, we're examining how the ill-advised dam continues to plague indigenous communities years after it was inaugurated.In this episode:Sigrid Vasconez (@sigridvasconez), an environmental biologist working with Curbing Corruption (@CurbingCorruptn). For more:Part 1: Escaping coronavirus in Ecuador's AmazonConnect with The Take: Twitter (@ajthetake), Instagram (@ajthetake) and Facebook (@TheTakePod).
Released:
Jul 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Making sense of the world, one story at a time. Host Malika Bilal and journalists from Al Jazeera's international bureaus and beyond share their take on the most important stories every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.