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Hydropower dams are far from environmentally endly, says research
2015-07-01 01:00:00| Power Technology
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK have indicated that construction of hydroelectric dams have been affecting tropical forest biodiversity, contrary to belief that they are environmental friendly.
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Data Integrating System Turns 12,000 Dams Into a System of Intelligent Infrastructure
2015-06-30 21:19:22| ENR.com: Headline News
A national network uses design and condition data about thousands of dams, together with data about seismic and meteorologic incidents, to issue alerts when the capacity or integrity of any of the dams is likely to be threatened by heavy rains or earthquakes.
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Consumers Energy to install buoys below dams for safety
2015-06-05 14:14:24| Energy - Topix.net
Consumers Energy is working with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to install buoys to help warn the public to stay out of potentially unsafe areas immediately downstream of hydro-electric dams. The unit of Jackson-based CMS Energy Corp. says Friday it plans to put in buoys this month at the Foote, Cooke, and Croton dams.
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Indian government to review hydroelectric dams in two river basins
2015-05-30 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The supreme court stopped the construction of dams on the river Ganga soon after the devastating floods that swept the state of Uttarakhand in June 2013. Many blamed them for exacerbating destruction. An 11-member expert committee recommended that 23 dams on the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers, the two main tributaries of the Ganga, be scrapped. Builders of six dams in the upper Ganga basin asked the court to allow their projects to proceed. The six were among the 23 vetoed dams. Instead of accepting...
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Peru eyes Amazon for one of worlds most powerful dams
2015-05-19 00:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Peru is proposing a huge hydroelectric dam in the Amazon that, if built, will be one of the most powerful on Earth, do significant harm to the environment, and flood the homes of thousands of people. The proposed mega-dam would be constructed at the Pongo de Manseriche, a spectacular gorge on the free flowing Maraón River, the main source of the Amazon River. The dams reservoir would flood as much as 5,470 square kilometers (2,111 square miles) and drown the town of Santa Maria de Nieva in...
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