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Reservoir Dogged		28 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Reservoir Dogged Four elderly Pehuenche Indian women have thrown a big wrench into plans for a $570 million hydroelectric dam in southern Chile. Arguing that the hydro project would flood sacred land and destroy their traditional way of life, the four have refused to sell 103 acres they own along the Bio Bio River, land that would be submerged if the dam were finished. The Chilean government and the Ende ...
Topics: dams, energy, rivers and watersheds, South America (all these topics)

Pump and Circumstance		27 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Pump and Circumstance The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a case about the Florida Everglades that tests the scope of the federal government's ability to fight pollution. At issue is how much power the feds have in controlling the amount of water pumped across the Everglades basin. State water managers say they should not be required to get federal permits for water pump facil ...
Topics: dams, energy, Florida, rivers and watersheds, wilderness (all these topics)

Our Gorge Is Rising		02 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Our Gorge Is Rising China yesterday blocked the flow of the Yangtze River by closing gates at the massive Three Gorges Dam and began to fill up what will be the world's largest reservoir. It's a joyous occasion for government engineers and Communist Party faithful who have long touted the coming benefits of hydroelectric power and flood control, an ...
Topics: China, dams, energy, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, toxics, water pollution, Yangtze River (all these topics)

Smoked Salmon Plan		08 May 2003	Daily Grist
Smoked Salmon Plan The Bush administration will have to rethink its salmon-management plan in the Columbia River Basin, following a federal court ruling yesterday that found the current plan inadequate to protect the endangered species and reduce the negative impact of hydroelectric dams. The ruling marks a major triumph for environmentalists and a serious blow to the White House ...
Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, marine life, politics, Washington (all these topics)

Out, Damn Dam!		21 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Out, Damn Dam! The Bush administration last week proposed the breaching of a hydroelectric dam near Missoula, Mont. -- yep, you read that right. It's not one of the four dams on the Snake River that enviros want to tear down in order to restore salmon runs, but it's in the same region. The Milltown Dam blocks migration of threatened bull trout and traps dangerous toxics from ...
Topics: dams, energy, Montana, politics, rivers and watersheds, Snake River, wildlife (all these topics)

Dam Shamer		17 Apr 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: dams, energy, European Union, food and agriculture, rivers and watersheds, Spain, wetlands (all these topics)

Gorging Themselves		20 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Gorging Themselves China's controversial Three Gorges dam looks like small potatoes next to the country's latest proposed water project, a gargantuan network of dams and canals designed to divert water from the south to thirsty northern cities such as Beijing. The project would cost $60 billion over 50 years (twice as muc ...
Topics: Asia, China, dams, energy, international government agencies, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, wetlands, Yangtze River (all these topics)

Dam Straight!		21 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Dam Straight! In what environmentalists hope is the beginning of a major trend, 60 dams across the U.S. are slated for demolition this year and hundreds more are targeted for removal. Last week, for example, Portland General Electric signed a deal to remove the Marmot Dam on the Sandy River in Oregon and a smaller dam on the Little Sandy. Typically, dams being dismantled are no lon ...
Topics: dams, energy, fishing, hydropower, Oregon, rivers and watersheds, West (all these topics)

Prairie Dogged		18 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Prairie Dogged Faced with drought and plunging profits, Colorado farmers are under growing financial pressure to hawk their land to developers. Between 1993 and 2001, about 1.5 million acres of farmland in the state were put on the market and developed; 300,000 of the acres were sold in 2001 as a drought began to take hold. State officials are scrambling to come up with solutions that w ...
Topics: Colorado, dams, energy, food and agriculture, logging, placemaking (all these topics)

Alcoa Can Wait		16 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
Alcoa Can Wait And now, some news from a place you seldom hear about: Iceland, which is forming the backdrop for the latest skirmish in the battle between conservationists and power companies. The country's Vatnajokull Glacier is Europe's second-largest wilderness, and is graced with mountains, lakes, canyons, rivers, and abundant wildlife. Iceland's national power company wants to ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, dams, energy, Iceland, wilderness (all these topics)

Right Tern		08 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
Right Tern Barge traffic could grind to a halt on a 250-mile stretch of the Missouri River, after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ruled last week that two endangered species of shorebirds cannot be moved to accommodate the release of water from two dams in South Dakota. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers planned to release water from the ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, dams, energy, Missouri River, placemaking, rivers and watersheds, South Dakota, wildlife (all these topics)

Salmon Says ...	Suzy Becker	08 Apr 2002	Ha.

Topics: dams, energy, fishing (all these topics)

No Small Thing A review of Power Politics	Michelle Nijhuis	17 Jan 2002	Arts and Minds
When your first novel wins the Booker Prize, sells 6 million copies, and earns you a publicity trip around the world, what do you do next? Arundhati Roy, author of the 1997 novel The God of Small Things, decided she wanted to switch from fiction to the hard facts. A year after Roy's big debut, the New Delhi resident published a slim volume called The Cost of Living. The book consisted of two political essays. One attack ...
Topics: dams, energy, India (all these topics)

Trouble Right Here in River City	Josh Sevin	10 Nov 1999	Counter Culture
5,270 large dams blocked rivers in 1950 36,500 large dams block rivers today 17 percent of U.S. rivers are currently dammed 600,000 miles of rivers in the U.S. have been impounded behind dams 235,000 miles of rivers in the U.S. have been channelized 25,000 miles of rivers in the U.S. have been dredged for navigation 80 percent of river water in California is used for irrigation 87 percent of river water in Arizona is used for irrigation ...
Topics: dams, energy, rivers and watersheds, United States (all these topics)

Dammed If He Does, Dammed If He Doesn't	Ben White	26 Oct 1999	Muckraker
Last Wednesday's New York Times featured a full-page ad urging Vice Pres. Al Gore to take a stronger position on dam removal on the lower Snake River in Washington state, a step that enviros believe would improve the survival chances of several salmon species that call the river home. What happens to a decision deferred? Does it dry up, like a salmon in the sun? The ad -- sponsored by a number of enviro groups, including American R ...
Topics: dams, energy, Muckraker, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

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