Hydropower and Washington’s Renewable
Energy Goals

In support of Washington's citizen based Initiative 937 (promoting development of renewable energy and the new jobs, investment, science and economy this would mean for the state), the Hydropower Reform Coalition developed this Hydropower FAQ to offset the call to build new dams and to allow these dams to be eligible to review renewable energy credits. 

LOW POWER, BIG PROBLEMS

Hydopower Reform Coalition's paper on how Low-Power Hydropower Dams Hurt Rivers.

Whether it is in response to the environmental crisis of climate change or our overreliance on imported fuels, it is clear that America needs to act quickly to replace fossil fuel energy technologies with renewable energy. It is equally imperative, however, that we do not destroy the environment we are trying to save by blindly rushing to develop low-emissions energy sources that will result in serious environmental harm. We will not solve our energy problems by building new dams – especially inefficient low-power dams where the energy benefits fail to outweigh the environmental impacts – but we will cause irreparable harm to our rivers.

PowerPoint for Hydropower as a clean, renewable energy, at the University of Oregon School of Law. February 2008