Spain: High-Voltage Towers Anger Rioja Wine Industry

Mar 10, 2011

Wine producers in Rioja are angrily protesting an extensive network of high-voltage power lines going up across the prized Rioja Alta subzone. They complain that the power lines and towers mar the region’s rugged beauty and could ruin the budding tourism industry. They’re organizing opposition groups and appealing to the Spanish government and European Union officials.

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