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Visualizing The World’s Largest Hydroelectric Dams

Visualizing The World’s Largest Hydroelectric Dams Did you know that hydroelectricity is the world’s biggest source of renewable energy? According to recent figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), it represents 40% of total capacity, ahead of solar (28%) and wind (27%). This type of energy is generated by hydroelectric power stations, which are essentially […]

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Dammed Good Question about the Green New Deal

Dammed Good Question about the Green New Deal Hydroelectric power from dams might be the thorniest question that proponents of the Green New Deal (GND) have to grapple with. Providing more energy than solar and wind combined, dams could well become the backup for energy if it proves impossible to get off of fossil fuels fast […]

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A Dam(n) Big Fracking Problem

A Dam(n) Big Fracking Problem Regulators left behind as industry built dozens of unauthorized dams — many at risk of failure. The province’s Environmental Assessment Office has ordered Progress Energy to drain almost all water from this seven-storey dam, built without required approvals. The company is now seeking a retroactive exemption from the assessment process. […]

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The world’s forests will collapse if we don’t learn to say ‘no’

The world’s forests will collapse if we don’t learn to say ‘no’ An alarming new study has shown that the world’s forests are not only disappearing rapidly, but that areas of “core forest” — remote interior areas critical for disturbance-sensitive wildlife and ecological processes — are vanishing even faster. Core forests are disappearing because a tsunami of new roads, dams, power […]

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Undamming Rivers: A Chance For New Clean Energy Source

Undamming Rivers: A Chance For New Clean Energy Source Many hydroelectric dams produce modest amounts of power yet do enormous damage to rivers and fish populations. Why not take down these aging structures, build solar farms in the drained reservoirs, and restore the natural ecology of the rivers? Hydroelectric power is often touted as clean energy, […]

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Brazilian Judge Sides With Tribe Over Land Threatened by Dams | Environment News Service

Brazilian Judge Sides With Tribe Over Land Threatened by Dams | Environment News Service. BRASILIA, Brazil, November 6, 2014 (ENS) – In a struggle between a Brazilian indigenous tribe and the federal government over two dams that would flood lands claimed by the tribe, a federal judge has ruled that the government must immediately publish […]

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