Belo Monte Dam.This photo is part of the AOS MONTES project. Captions and Photo source: ©© André Solnik
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Although mega dams can have devastating impacts on ecosystems and indigenous communities, many of the world’s poorest countries still see them as a way to fill gaping holes in their energy supplies…
The Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers, Vimeo (05-26-2016)
Though large hydropower projects are often presented as a “clean and green” source of energy, nothing could be further from the truth…
Sediment Trapped Behind Dams Makes Them ‘Hot Spots’ for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, (08-01-2013)
New Global Warming Culprit: Dams (08-08-2012)
Washington State University researchers have documented an underappreciated suite of players in global warming: dams, the water reservoirs behind them, and surges of greenhouse gases as water levels go up and down.
Large Dams Just Aren’t Worth the Cost, The New York Times (10-25-2014)
Small Dams On Chinese River Harm Environment More Than Expected, study finds, NSF (05-30-2013)
Movement to Take Down Thousands of Dams Goes Mainstream, National Geographic (01-29-2015)
Dams – Cutting off our Beach Sand; By Gary Griggs (12-19-2014)
Undamming Rivers: A Chance For New Clean Energy Source, Yale E360 (08-07-2015)
Movement to Take Down Thousands of Dams Goes Mainstream, National Geographic (01-29-2015)
