Learning From the Kariba Dam
Climate change and neglect have brought the mammoth structure at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe to the brink of calamity — a crisis prefigured in the dam’s troubling colonial history.
Ripogenus Dam Factsheet
Built in 1916, single development on the West Branch of the Penobscot River Privately owned Hydropower Capacity: 37.53 MW No fish passage facilities Not LIHI certified FERC license expires in 2026 FERC Pre-Application process begins...
California certifies Klamath dam removal meets water quality standards
On April 7, the long effort to restore the Klamath River and its once-prolific salmon and steelhead runs passed another major milestone when the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) issued its Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification...HRC Opposes Weakening of Federal Environmental Review
The Hydropower Reform Coalition submitted comments on March 10, 2020 in opposition to proposed changes to the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Coalition’s comments state that the proposed new NEPA rule would make analysis worse and...