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More Damming Evidence in India: Dams Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions

TreeHugger
Here’s one more reason to question the environmental viability of dams: another study shows that India’s dams are significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions in the form of methane, a gas which is not measured in the overall statistics for carbon emissions.
Both carbon dioxide and methane are released from the decaying vegetation of spillways, reservoirs [...]