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Third Suspension for HidroAysén Environmental Review

Endesa, controlled by the Italian giant Enel, is the majority stakeholder in HidroAysén

Endesa, controlled by the Italian giant Enel, is the majority stakeholder in HidroAysén

HidroAysén is an Italian-Chilean joint venture to build 5 dams on the biggest and wildest rivers in Patagonia.

Save Patagonia and We Will Save the World

Pinochet gave away the water rights to Patagonia's rivers in the last weeks of his dictatorship

Pinochet gave away the water rights to Patagonia's rivers in the last weeks of his dictatorship

The cold hard facts of Chile's history make the Patagonia dams controversy one of the planet's emblematic natural resource conflicts.

Río Pascua: Contra La Corriente de HidroAysén

Nuestro amigo y colega Italo Retamal de Ceibo Producciones ha creado este video de la material que él logró conseguir en la expedicón que International Rivers ayudó en realizar en enero de 2008 para conocer el Río Pascua.

Open Season on Patagonia's Rivers Takes Three Workers Lives

Rescue Efforts to Locate 3 Men on the Remote Río Cuervo Have Been Futile

Rescue Efforts to Locate 3 Men on the Remote Río Cuervo Have Been Futile

With "open season" declared on Patagonia's rivers, the costs and risks of building dams in Patagonia are now fatally apparent.

Marcha Nacional Chile Sin + Represas

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HidroAysén Postpones Environmental Review Process Until October 2009

Aerial View of Patagonia's Baker River

Aerial View of Patagonia's Baker River

Yesterday, with a press release published on Burson-Marsteller letterhead, the HidroAysén company announced their intent to postpone until October of this year the resubmission of their project to environmental review.

Your Correspondent from Chile

As the rivers of Patagonia prepare for the open season onslaught of mega-hydroelectric development, and as Chile motors towards presidential elections, getting up to date news from the long thin country becomes a priority.

Chilean Hip Hop Group for a Patagonia Sin Represas

Our partners at Ecosistemas are getting close to launching the Patagonia Sin Represas music album, with songs written and created by Chilean and international artists specifically for the campaign to protect Patagonia from massive hydroelectric development. 

Are Dams In Patagonia Necessary? An Analysis of Chile's Energy Future

The long awaited study by the Consejo de Defensa de la Patagonia analyzing energy alternatives to hydroelectric mega-projects in Chile's Patagonia has been officially launched.