by faster | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Yale e360 DATE: October 3, 2019 SNIP: From the vine-draped veranda of Yolgecen Hani, a café in the Turkish town of Hasankeyf, one can still catch the scent of the free-flowing Tigris River below, which courses through the country’s rugged southeast and then...
by faster | Sep 27, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Forbes DATE: September 27, 2019 SNIP: River deltas—like those at the mouth of the Mississippi, Nile, or Ganges—barely rise above sea level. Among the regions most imperiled by climate change, they barely rise to the level of public attention. That’s...
by faster | Sep 27, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: AZCentral DATE: September 27, 2019 SNIP: A Phoenix company wants to build two hydroelectric dams less than five miles from the eastern border of Grand Canyon National Park, submerging several miles of the Little Colorado River and the endangered fish habitat...
by faster | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Narwhal DATE: June 24, 2019 SNIP: Generous bonuses for mine managers, rewarding them for cutting costs or increasing production, are linked to tailings dam failures, a new research paper has found. The new study, published in the journal Resources Policy,...
by faster | May 14, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Vancouver Sun DATE: May 14, 2019 SNIP: Journalist Sarah Cox takes on the dirty business of clean power in Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro. NP: Clean energy = Bad? Please explain. SC: Large hydro dams are a hugely...