Is it too much to ask for at least one free flowing river system?
Runaway dam construction is having a devastating effect on Himalayan river systems as evidenced by the recent flooding on the Rishi Ganga. While the world …
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Blue Heart: The Fight for Europe’s Last Wild Rivers
The Balkan Peninsula is home to the last wild rivers in Europe. However, a deluge of more than 3,000 proposed hydropower developments threaten to destroy …
Uncertain Future for Big Dam Projects
The rise of wind and solar power, coupled with the increasing social, environmental and financial costs of hydropower projects, could spell the end of an …
You Can’t Dam Your Way to Paradise
The proposed Temperance Flat Dam threatens to drown the gorgeous San Joaquin River Gorge, providing minimal public benefit for an enormous $2.6 billion price-tag. This …
DamNation: Four More Bite the Dust
On Wednesday, Aug. 15, water breached the Cannondale Dam. It was the first time in some three centuries that the Norwalk River flowed unencumbered …
Balkan Dam Boom Imperils Europe’s Wildest Rivers
The Balkan Peninsula, one of Europe’s most undeveloped regions, is facing a wave of thousands of hydroelectric projects that would block pristine, free-flowing rivers and …
Massive dam project that threatens all this holy man knows
The era of mega-dam building is far from over. “He has a clean heart,” my guide Pritam says of the baba. But the holy man is …
Megadams Not Clean or Green, Says Expert
Politicians who describe dams as “clean energy projects” are talking “nonsense” and rejecting decades of science, says David Schindler, a leading water ecologist. Dam construction …
Large new reservoirs threaten Trinity River water gains
And you thought the era of dam building was over. A new $4.7 billion proposal from the Sites Project Authority to build up to 11 …