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Now playing Next the road to green Removing dams and restoring rivers: The keys to preserving our future With over one million dams in Europe, our rivers have become too fragmented. Most dams are essential for society but many are abandoned. However, a movement is underway, aiming to remove the remnants of the last century, improve water quality and halt the collapse of biodiversity. 17/10/2023
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Now playing Next France Water convoy protest arrives in Paris to denounce mega water basins The Water Convoy, which arrived in Paris on Saturday, brought together a thousand people on the Champ de Mars and then in a procession through Paris to denounce government plans to build mega water reservoirs used for agricultural irrigation. 26/08/2023
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Now playing Next Green News Millions of Americans are drinking water contaminated with PFAS Hundreds of communities across the US were found to have drinking water contaminated with dangerous levels of PFAS. 18/08/2023
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Now playing Next Green News Spain introduces water restrictions as reservoirs run dry A drought emergency has been declared in some parts of Catalonia where people are being urged to reduce their water consumption. 09/08/2023
Now playing Next no comment Watch: high temperature killing Florida's coral reefs Record seawater temperatures in recent days have resulted in widespread coral bleaching in Florida's coral reef, the third largest in the world. 30/07/2023
Now playing Next Green News Scotland gives green light to €600M ‘hollow mountain’ water battery The subterranean hydro power station has become known as ‘Hollow Mountain’. 27/07/2023
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