Baker River

In November another wave of demonstrations on a national and regional level confirmed fierce oppostion to HidroAysén

The proposals to build dams on the largest rivers in Chile’s Patagonia region are being kept alive by the government of President Sebastian Piñera. Political pressures to keep the dam proposals alive are in direct contrast to evidence that opposition in Chile to damming the wild rivers in Patagonia has reached a historic high.

After a flurry of activity in late November this year, the environmental review process of HidroAysén has been suspended yet one more time, postponing the final decision on the HidroAysén dams until at least April 2011. The environmental review process for the 2000 kilometer transmission lines for the project has not yet even begun, and was separated early on from the review of the dams element of the project.

WindsorONE is a small company that endeavors to reduce it's exposure to risk associated with Patagonia dams

Company takes steps to distance itself from suppliers who are involved with mega-hydroelectric development in Aysén Region of Chile.

New President Piñera Inherited the Patagonia Dam Controversy from the Previous Administration (Washington Post)

We extend an enormous "gracias ché" to all of you that have participated in our latest Patagonia rivers letter writing campaign.

The opposition to large dams in Patagonia has continued to grow

HidroAysén, the hydroelectric mega-project proposed for Chile’s Patagonia, has requested and been granted another suspension in the review of the project’s environmental impact analysis (EIA).

Marchers in the southern Chilean city of Temuco participate in a nation wide day of action against dams in Patagonia

This past Saturday, June 5, colleagues in Chile marked the annual International Day for the Environment (el Día Internacional del Medioambiente) with a nationwide day of action.