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Facing Environmental Catastrophe, Haiti Seeks Alternative Fuels

Facing Environmental Catastrophe, Haiti Seeks Alternative Fuels

Editor's note: Click here to watch a related video report from Carmen Gentile in Haiti.

PORT SALUT, Haiti -- Dardy Saint-Jean looks at the rock-strewn river coursing through his village and shakes his head in disgust.

"Look at this river -- it's filled with stones from the mountains," said Saint-Jean, lamenting the results of decades of erosion caused by deforestation.

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