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Do the Congo?
Gigantic hydropower dam planned for Congo River |
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21 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:44 PM on 21 Apr 2008 Some of the world's largest banks and construction firms gathered with seven African governments Monday to chat about plans for an $80 billion hydroelectric dam on the Congo River. The proposed Grand Inga dam could generate twice the electricity of China's controversial Three Gorges Dam and greatly increase the amount of cheap and clean power currently available in Africa, according to supporters. &qu ... |
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| Topics: Africa, Congo, dams, energy, hydropower, news (all these topics) |
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Flooded With Gratitude
Green group and Chinese dam owners will work together to address eco-impact |
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29 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:01 PM on 29 Jan 2008 The company that owns China's problem-stricken Three Gorges Dam is expected to sign a pact with The Nature Conservancy to conduct a feasibility study on flood risk and floodplain management within the Three Gorges Dam reservoir. The Three Gorges Dam Company and the green group have also agreed to cooperate on researching eco-minded management of four more dams that ... |
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| Topics: China, dams, energy, hydropower, Nature Conservancy, news (all these topics) |
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Clash With the Titan
Anti-dam activists target billionaire Warren Buffett |
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04 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Clash With the Titan Anti-dam activists target billionaire Warren Buffett This weekend, activists are descending on Omaha, Neb., to push for removal of four Western dams they say are killing salmon and causing a health risk to humans. Their target: skillionaire Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway holding company owns PacifiCorp, the utility that owns the Klamath River dams. In addition to picketing Berkshire Hathaway's ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, litigation, news (all these topics) |
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Eight hundred megawatts or salmon?
The damming question |
Erik Hoffner |
15 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: dams, energy, salmon (all these topics) |
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Frankly, My Dear, We Don't Want These Dams
Federal decision may be first step toward dam removal on the Klamath River |
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01 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Frankly, My Dear, We Don't Want These Dams Federal decision may be first step toward dam removal on the Klamath River Four hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border must ease fish passage to earn license renewal, says the Bush administration. The decision may spur the largest dam-removal project in history, as installation of fish ladders and other devices could cost far more than just remov ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, fishing, news, rivers and watersheds (all these topics) |
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The River Dry
David James Duncan rows through a wheat field to save salmon -- and we've got pictures |
Sarah Kraybill Burkhalter |
25 Jan 2007 |
Main Dish |
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| Topics: dams, energy, fishing, food and agriculture, Washington (all these topics) |
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It's All Sarovar
After years of controversy, India completes massive dam project |
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03 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| It's All Sarovar After years of controversy, India completes massive dam project One of the world's longest-running social and environmental campaigns is sleeping with the fishes as of Sunday, when the last bucket of concrete was poured on the Sardar Sarovar Dam in the Indian state of Gujarat. The project, initiated nearly 20 years ago, diverts India's fifth-largest river, the Narmada; authorities say it will provide drinking wa ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, India, news (all these topics) |
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Be Careful What You Don't Wish For
FBI investigates Illinois environmental activist |
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23 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Be Careful What You Don't Wish For FBI investigates Illinois environmental activist Add Jim Bensman of Alton, Ill., to your ever-growing list of People the Feds Think You Should Fear. Mild-mannered Bensman is a coordinator with an environmental group (terror level yellow!). In late July, he attended an Army Corps of Engineers public meeting on the proposed construction of a fis ... |
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| Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, dams, energy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, news (all these topics) |
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Sardar Superstar
India dam project still hot issue after more than 20 years |
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09 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Sardar Superstar India dam project still hot issue after more than 20 years For citizens of India, debate over dams is soap-operatic. Take the saga of the country's still-unfinished Sardar Sarovar dam. It has everything: protests, riots, hunger strikes, and long, protracted court battles. Proponents of the $7.7 billion dam on the Narmada River claim that, when completed, it will produce megawatts upon megawatts of m ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, hydropower, India, news (all these topics) |
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Profit and Laos
Big dam project in Laos aims to minimize environmental and social damage |
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26 Jun 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Profit and Laos Big dam project in Laos aims to minimize environmental and social damage A controversial hydropower dam under construction in Laos will serve as a test case for whether a large dam can be built without trampling too heavily on the natural world and human rights. Supporters, including the World Bank, say the Nam Theun 2 dam will set a new standard for social and environmental responsibility. Activists ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, hydropower, Laos, news (all these topics) |
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Village of the Dammed
China nears completion of massive Three Gorges Dam, plots more dam-building |
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09 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Village of the Dammed China nears completion of massive Three Gorges Dam, plots more dam-building Construction of the world's largest hydroelectric dam -- the Three Gorges Dam in China -- may be completed as soon as May 20, nine months ahead of schedule. The $22 billion dam on the Yangtze River will eventually flood the homes of some 1.3 million people. Evacuees worry they'll be placed in villages with no farmlan ... |
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| Topics: China, dams, energy, news, Yangtze River (all these topics) |
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It Had to Be Yu
In China, Yu Xiaogang is helping locals fight back against dams |
Michelle Nijhuis |
25 Apr 2006 |
Main Dish |
| China has spent decades trying to harness its powerful river systems with dams. Enormous hydroelectric projects, most notably the Three Gorges Dam now under construction on the Yangtze River, have devastated local economies and ecosystems. Yu Xiaogang. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. Chinese environmentalist Yu Xiaogang, founder of the group Green Watershed, says the people harmed ... |
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| Topics: China, dams, energy, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, politics (all these topics) |
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Hungry for Justice
Police arrest peaceful Indian anti-dam activist for hunger striking |
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06 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Hungry for Justice Police arrest peaceful Indian anti-dam activist for hunger striking Demonstrations against dams in India's Narmada Valley yesterday brought the heavy hand of police, who roughed up protestors and arrested India's most famous environmentalist eight days into a hunger strike on charges of -- get this -- attempting suicide. Medha Patkar's fast started when officials began raisin ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, environmental justice, India, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Damalot
Jacques Leslie's Deep Water sheds light on dam dramas |
Michelle Nijhuis |
12 Oct 2005 |
Arts and Minds |
| What does hell look like to an environmentalist? In the classic Encounters With the Archdruid, writer John McPhee imagines this particular inferno. The outer ring, he writes, is a moat filled with DDT. Inside lies another moat brimming with burning gasoline, and still deeper are masses of bulldozers and chainsaws. In the middle -- at "the absolute epicenter of hell on earth" -- stands a dam. & ... |
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| Topics: Africa, Australia, dams, energy, India (all these topics) |
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Hustle and Flow
Montana and mining companies to fund massive river cleanup, restoration |
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03 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Hustle and Flow Montana and mining companies to fund massive river cleanup, restoration An historic financial settlement between the state of Montana and two mining firms has opened the door to a project of ecological scope virtually unprecedented in the U.S.: the removal of Montana's Milltown dam, located at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers, and the restoratio ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, mining and drilling, Montana, news, rivers and watersheds (all these topics) |
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Thrill Spill Cult
Water should keep pouring over Northwest dams to aid salmon, court says |
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28 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Thrill Spill Cult Water should keep pouring over Northwest dams to aid salmon, court says Salmon will continue to find a watery way over several Northwest dams. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week voted to uphold a federal judge's June order for the feds to aid migrating salmon by spilling water over five dams in the Columbia and Snake river systems in the Northwest. A three-judge panel of the a ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, fishing, news, Pacific Northwest (all these topics) |
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Queen of the Dammed
British royals to bolster green rep with efficient mini-hydro plant |
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25 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Queen of the Dammed British royals to bolster green rep with efficient mini-hydro plant On Friday, a local U.K. council approved Queen Elizabeth's plan to build a mini hydroelectric power plant dedicated to Windsor Castle. The energy-efficient four-turbine plant on the River Thames is expected to supply enough electricity to keep about a third of the castle juiced. It'll be the largest of its kind in the Sout ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, hydrogen, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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And Squad Said, Let There Be Blight
Judge orders dam spills in Northwest; critics may call on higher power |
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13 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| And Squad Said, Let There Be Blight Judge orders dam spills in Northwest; critics may call on higher power Just two weeks after ruling that the Bush administration plan to protect Northwest salmon was inadequate, on Friday U.S. District Judge James Redden issued an order for large-scale spilling of water at a number of dams that are hindering the ability of juvenile salmon to navigate downstream ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, fishing, hydrogen, news, Pacific Northwest (all these topics) |
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Salmon and Denial-Ah
Federal judge calls Bush admin's salmon plan fishy |
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27 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Salmon and Denial-Ah Federal judge calls Bush admin's salmon plan fishy In a strongly worded opinion, U.S. District Judge James Redden yesterday ruled that the Bush administration's salmon-protection plan for the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Northwest is "contrary to law" because it doesn't take into account how dams affect the fish's chances of recovery. This is ... |
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| Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, news, Pacific Northwest, Snake River (all these topics) |
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They're Just Not That Into You
Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries |
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12 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| They're Just Not That Into You Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries Conservationists, salmon enthusiasts, and fisheries managers along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest are wondering, Is it something we said? They've been stood up by thousands of chinook salmon that were expected to swim up the river to spawn this season, but n ... |
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| Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, Idaho, news, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Washington (all these topics) |
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Iceland of Make-Believe
Little-known facts from a country on the edge of your consciousness |
Katharine Wroth |
26 Apr 2005 |
Counter Culture |
| 39,756 -- area of Iceland, in square miles1 39,728 -- area of Kentucky, in square miles2 293,966 -- population of Iceland3 4,117,827 -- population of Kentucky2 10 -- percentage of Icelanders who believe elves "definitely" exist4 0 -- number of successful elf surveys conducted in Kentucky 11.5 -- percentage of Iceland that is covered by glaciers1 3,240 -- square mil ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, Greenpeace, Iceland, Kentucky, oceans (all these topics) |
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Announcing: Business as Usual
Plan for Colorado River to aid wildlife, preserve intensive water use |
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06 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Announcing: Business as Usual Plan for Colorado River to aid wildlife, preserve intensive water use Federal water managers this week joined the states of California, Arizona, and Nevada in trumpeting a new 50-year plan to aid native wildlife along parts of a 400-mile stretch of the Colorado River from Lake Mead to the Mexican border. Prompted by a 1997 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser ... |
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| Topics: Colorado River, dams, energy, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Busy Bee
Environmental series on Hetch Hetchy Valley wins Pulitzer Prize |
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05 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Busy Bee Environmental series on Hetch Hetchy Valley wins Pulitzer Prize The best opinion writing takes the unthinkable and makes it a live possibility. That's what Sacramento Bee Associate Editor Tom Philp did with "Hetch Hetchy Reclaimed," his editorial series on breaching the dam that has held Yosemite National Park's famed valley under water since 1923. The Pulitzer board, which yesterday awar ... |
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| Topics: California, dams, energy, national parks, news (all these topics) |
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Not Just Another Pretty Space
An interview with risk-taking park ranger Jordan Fisher Smith, author of Nature Noir |
Aaron Dalton |
23 Mar 2005 |
Arts and Minds |
| Jordan Fisher Smith. If you had to guess which federal agents in the U.S. face the greater danger, who would you put your money on: the officers who wage the endless War on Drugs, or the rangers who patrol the green acres of the national parks? Well, it's the rangers. According to a 2001 study by the Bureau of Justice, nature's security guards are twice a ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, interview, National Park Service, national parks (all these topics) |
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Dam
Hydropower a major greenhouse-gas producer, researchers say |
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25 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Dam Hydropower a major greenhouse-gas producer, researchers say Although hydroelectric power is often heralded as a green alternative to fossil fuels like coal, scientists now say that in terms of greenhouse-gas production, hydro projects may be just as damning. Ahem. New research reveals that the initial flooding involved in creating hydroelectric dams releases large amounts of carbon from plants that are kille ... |
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| Topics: climate, dams, energy, hydropower, news (all these topics) |
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