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In a separate but related issue, it's also possible that Iran could use the cover of US election fever to strike back at Israel, following its audacious airstrikes targeting Iran's air defense systems two weeks ago. This would not only give the incoming administration a potentially explosive problem to deal with, if it escalates into a war, it could precipitate a global economic crisis.
In the meantime, localized but extreme flooding continues apace, last week directly hitting a major Western city - Valencia, Spain - in what could be Europe's worst flood in a century. The people blame the Spanish government (and the globalist 'WEF green agenda'), but is government so powerful that its functionaries can foresee, much less prevent, catastrophic (and natural) climate change?
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However, the latest developments at the EU level are causing setbacks. The Nature Restoration Law is currently in limbo after it failed at the final hurdle at the Council of the European Union. The proposed law includes a critical target for the restoration of 25000 km of river.
”“From France to Finland, communities, companies and countries are investing in removing obsolete and increasingly risky barriers to improve river health for people and nature.”
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Europe is demolishing its dams to restore ecosystems
In 2021, Spain blew up 108 dams, more than half of the 239 that were demolished across Europe that year, according to figures from the Dam Removal project, coordinated by World Fish Migration Foundation.
Spain has long been a land of reservoirs.
During the days of Franco, the dictator invested heavily in dam infrastructure as a means of storing water ahead of periods of drought. Many Spanish cities still get their drinking water from reservoirs commissioned by El Caudillo.
So why does Spain appear to be so wasteful during a period of drought?
A 2021 study by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) found that far from contributing to worsening the drought, the demolition of river barriers has a very positive environmental impact, calling it “the fastest, easiest and cheapest measure to restore a river”.
“Spain is one of the European countries with the most dams,” the report explains.
“We have identified 5,400 priority barriers for demolition due to their high potential to reconnect rivers, the disappearance of which would make it possible to free more than 17,000 kilometres of rivers in Spain”.
“In a few months (the river) recovers its territory, the quality of the water improves, the forests come back to life, the number of species -aquatic and terrestrial- shoots up and the ecosystem that a river in good ecological condition provides work again”.
So even though the destruction of reservoirs may seem counterproductive to drought avoidance, the Spanish government is following the latest advice relating to climate change and river regeneration.
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