Approaching obsolescence? A multi-criteria analysis of high-risk dams in the United States Pacific Northwest
Abstract This research uses a multi-criteria analysis tool and field site observation to critically analyse a network of dams across a single watershed in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The analysis offers a template to better understand some nuances and complexities...
Position Statement on Hydropower Storage Technologies
The HRC does not support the development of new dams, diversions, dikes, or reservoirs, although HRC encourages the research and development of pumped storage at previously disturbed sites where the project will have minimal environmental and recreational impacts.
Guardians of the River
In this film by American Rivers and Swiftwater Films, Indigenous leaders share why removing four dams to restore a healthy Klamath River is critical for clean water, food sovereignty and justice.
The Role of Hydropower in a Clean Energy Economy
The Hydropower Reform Coalition is committed to fighting climate change, and to doing so in a way that prioritizes and increases the resilience of ecosystems and local communities. Hydropower has a place in a 100% clean energy economy, but that place must be carefully determined to both ensure that hydropower assets accelerate climate change mitigation and to minimize the worst impacts from this energy source.