Tell Enel not to be the parent of Patagonia's destruction!

Thanks to your support, the campaign to protect the rivers of Patagonia is gaining momentum. Thousands of customers have stopped shopping at The Home Depot until the company severs its ties to the corporations involved in plans to dam Patagonia's Baker and Pascua rivers.

But Home Depot is not the only company with power to stop the disastrous plans that would kill Patagonian rivers, destroy rare Patagonian forests, displace families, disrupt livelihoods and spoil local tourism income. A giant Italian company, Enel, owns a controlling interest in the parent companies of Endesa Chile, the European partner for the Patagonian dam scheme called HidroAysén.

Please write to Enel and ask it to use 'parental power' to stop these plans.

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Dear Mr. Conti,

Enel's international image is threatened by the growing environmental controversy about its affiliate Endesa Chile's plans to dam Chile's Baker and Pascua rivers. These plans are being promoted by the Endesa Chile joint venture "HidroAysen."

I am writing to express my personal concern about these plans. The dams would displace families, disrupt livelihoods, thwart local tourism businesses and destroy thousands of acres of rare and endangered Chilean forests. The transmission lines for this hydroelectricity would provide no benefits to local communities, but would require extensive clearcutting of Chilean native forests. It would be one of the world's longest transmission lines to date, clearing a more than 2,450 km swath through national parks and wilderness reserves. All of this destruction would threaten aquatic, bird and mammal species already at risk. Species such as an endangered Chilean deer  - the huemul - of which less than 3,000 survive today.

I believe that Enel has a responsibility to prevent these environmental and social costs by using its influence with Endesa Chile to stop these plans. This would prevent further reputational harm to Enel.

Sincerely,

Fulvio Conti

CEO, Enel

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Andrea Valcalda

Director of Renewable Energy, Enel

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