After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature.
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NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County’s vision to have the Norristown Dam run on hydroelectric power has hit a snag as an existing contract was revised, requiring $400,000. The item was included in an ...
Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change. Drought and age ...
Construction of an Iqaluit hydroelectric dam will get referred to the federal Major Projects Office to get fast-tracked, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday in Terrace, B.C. The Major ...
An unidentified fisherman narrowly survived a terrifying ordeal at the Akuse Hydro Dam when his canoe was almost pulled into the dam’s powerful turbines during a chase for tilapia. The incident was ...
How many times have you said, “I wish the days were longer”? Well, NASA scientists say the construction of China’s Three Gorges Dam actually did make the days longer, by slowing the rotation of the ...
Washington state "has done most everything wrong" on gas taxes, said Secretary Chris Wright.
Sirens went off at 1 a.m. Tuesday near Estacada, along with public warnings that Portland General Electric’s River Mill dam ...
AU TRAIN, MI — Federal regulators are taking steps to terminate a troubled Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam’s operating license following years of unresolved safety violations and the owner’s recent ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a woman who jumped from the Hoover Dam bypass bridge was the first known suicide since the sweeping arch linking Nevada and Arizona opened in October 2010, a federal ...