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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Hydroelectric Dams: Controversies Provide a Springboard for Rethinking a Supposedly ‘Clean’ Energy Source. An Editorial Comment

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Fearnside, P.M. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Hydroelectric Dams: Controversies Provide a Springboard for Rethinking a Supposedly ‘Clean’ Energy Source. An Editorial Comment . Climatic Change 66, 1–8 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CLIM.0000043174.02841.23

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