Latin America’s Renewable Energy Gambit Aggravates Drought, Pollution

Latin America’s Renewable Energy Gambit Aggravates Drought, Pollution
Aerial view of the water dumps of the Ana Cua arm of the Parana River, which water level reached a historic low, at the Yacyretá Dam in Yacyretá, Itapua, Paraguay, on Aug. 18, 2021. JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images
Autumn Spredemann
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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Only a year after the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted in 2015, Latin American countries quickly gained recognition for boosting existing “green energy” initiatives and paving the way for new ones to follow.

Yet over the past six years, negative environmental consequences from projects such as hydroelectric dams and mining operations to supply the manufacturing side of sustainable power have cast a shadow across the landscape of green energy use in the region.

Autumn Spredemann
Autumn Spredemann
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Autumn is a South America-based reporter covering primarily Latin American issues for The Epoch Times.
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