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Interest in building big dams may be waning in the United States, but developing nations are increasingly turning to hydropower to support their growing economies ? often with help from Chinese engineers.
While interest in building hydro-electric dams is waning in the United States, developing nations are increasingly turning to their rivers to power their growing economies. Hydropower is finding financial help from China and carbon offset traders, but critics question the environmental and societal advantages of large-scale dams. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with International Rivers Director Patrick McCully about dams in the developing world.