Marcie Sillman talks to Vaughn Palmer, columnist for the Vancouver Sun, about the British Columbia government's proposal to build another hydroelectric dam on the Peace River.
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Huge Hydroelectric Dam In Works In British Columbia
![A sign along Highway 29 between Fort St. John and Hudson's Hope, British Columbia, protests the proposed Site C dam.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b2cf962/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1024x768+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkuow%2Ffiles%2F201504%2F20150422_peaceriver_dam.jpg)
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