Por: Ars Technica Science January 13, 2023
Navigate Filter by topic Settings Front page layout Site theme - Jan 12, 2023 7:31 pm UTC Share this story Slowly but surely, the world’s reservoirs are getting gunked up with sediment. In an unblocked river, the flowing water carries bits of sediment along—picked up from river banks or swept into the river from rain. However, rivers whose flow has been interrupted by a dam deposit some of that sediment right behind the dam itself, in the... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion December 23, 2022
New England Clean Energy Connect has gotten in the Maine courts, and it may connect power from Quebec to New England. But how clean is that power, really? It’s long past time for a closer look because electricity produced from the mega-reservoir dams, such as Hydro-Quebec... + más
Maine DEP wants sections of proposed NECEC corridor cleaned up | Portland Press Herald
Judge schedules April trial in electricity corridor case | Portland Press Herald
Ars Technica USA Science December 04, 2022
Navigate Filter by topic Settings Front page layout Site theme - Dec 4, 2022 12:12 pm UTC / Where beavers set up home, the dams they build profoundly change the landscape. It's happening in the far north right now. Share this story It began decades ago, with a few hardy... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Opinion November 19, 2022
Two decades ago, when the Klamath River basin was considered the most embattled watershed in the country, the idea of removing the river’s four hydroelectric dams was considered laughable. Yet on Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave final approval to taking... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Nation November 18, 2022
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — US regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward.The Federal Energy... + más
Maine Voices: Kennebec River dam debate hijacked by red herring | Portland Press Herald
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ABC News USA Business November 17, 2022
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could be close to reality Thursday as U.S. regulators vote on a plan to remove four aging hydro-electric structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river habitat to imperiled... + más
The New York Times USA Science November 04, 2022
The duck-billed platypus faces many threats — climate change, loss of habitat, pollution and invasive species among others. Although they are not yet considered endangered, their numbers are declining, and some local populations have become extinct. Now, scientists have found... + más
The platypus—God's little joke—may be killed off by river dams | Newsweek
Newsweek USA Tech November 03, 2022
Platypus populations in Australia are becoming increasingly isolated as their habitats are fragmented by human-made dams. As a result, the long-term survival of this distinctive species is falling under threat.A report in 2020 estimated that the area occupied by the beloved... + más
Dammed Rivers Spell Peril, and Inbreeding, for Platypuses | The New York Times
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