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Norway to open protected rivers to hydropower plants
The Norwegian parliament has voted to open up protected rivers to hydropower plants, prompting fury from conservation groups who fear for the fate of fish and other wildlife. The bill allows power plants bigger than 1MW to be built in protected waterways …