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How illegal construction, abandoned quarries, defaced coastlines, and unnecessary dams worsen Lebanon's environmental and economic woes

Climate change and corruption endanger an ancient valley in Lebanon Imad Beainy stretches at his enclave on a cliff at Bisri Village, Lebanon, Thursday Oct. 1, 2020. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) BISRI VALLEY, Lebanon —  On a remote cliff about 20 miles south of Beirut, a late morning sun roused Imad Beainy. He got out of bed, slipped on a pair of shorts and walked to the cliff’s edge, lighting a joint as he looked over the fruit groves and wild meadows of the Bisri Valley. Hewed between two mountain ranges, the valley extends some six miles along a tributary of the Awali ri...