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Gushing Praise
Pedro Arrojo-Agudo has started a new water culture in the Old World |
Michelle Nijhuis |
17 Apr 2003 |
Main Dish |
| Economics professor Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, who teaches at the University of Zaragoza in Spain, is using his academic expertise to battle a monster: the National Hydrological Plan, a $25 billion project that would build 120 dams on the Ebro River. The dams would submerge entire towns along Spain's second-longest river, displace tens of thousands of rice and fish farmers, and poison the ... |
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