Hydropower struggle: Dams threaten Europe last wild rivers

Spiegel: Europe's last remaining wild rivers flow through the Balkans, providing stunning scenery and habitat to myriad plants and animals. But hundreds of dam projects threaten to do irreparable harm to the region's unique biospheres -- to provide much needed electricity to the people who live there. How did Europe's rivers look before they were tamed -- back when they were allowed to flow freely through the beds they spent centuries carving out? Most of the Continent's waterways, like the Elbe, the Rhine......

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