3 hours ago · Global
The dark side of the energy transition: Renewable megaprojects may sacrifice local communities' rights
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Global. The first report grouped here was at 22 Oct 2026, 18:40 UTC. The headline in use is “The dark side of the energy transition: Renewable megaprojects may sacrifice local communities' rights”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
An international study involving ICTA-UAB reveals that large energy corporations use corporate sustainability narratives to legitimize wind, solar and hydropower projects that, in practice, exclude communities from fair economic and financial returns and ignore the projects' social and environmental impacts.
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