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Plants tell a story of climate change at Santa Fe Dam
2013-03-03 03:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Whittier Daily News: Ann Croissant bent down to listen to what the plants were saying. She skimmed her weathered hands lightly across the tops of the moss and liverwort. These lichen-like plants are skin of the earth flora seen more often during dank winters. But here it was, March 1, just a few weeks until spring, and the plethora of winter species crowding out the fleeting spring arrivals concerned Croissant, a noted botanist and activist who has taught at Cal Poly Pomona and Azusa Pacific University. "There...
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The Grand Renaissance Dam Ethiopia's greatest risk
2013-02-25 02:30:00| Power Technology
As Ethiopia powers ahead with its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, experts and NGOs are warning about the environmental and geopolitical backlash it may trigger. Should Ethiopia give up on Africa's biggest dam before it's too late?
Brazil's hydroelectric dam boom is bringing tensions as well as energy
2013-02-12 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When it is completed in 2015, the Jirau hydroelectric dam will span 8km across the Madeira river and feature more giant turbines than any other dam in the world. Then there are the power lines, draped along 2,250km of forests and fields to carry electricity to Brazil's urban nerve centre, So Paulo. Still, it won't be enough. The dam and the Santo Antonio complex that is being built a few kilometres downstream will provide just 5% of what government energy planners say the country will need in...
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Indigenous resistance forces Malaysia to scale back twelve dam megaproject
2013-02-09 23:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A Malaysian state minister Friday said the government would not push ahead with building a dozen new dams on Borneo island, acknowledging they have caused outrage from local tribes and environmentalists. The proposals sparked fears that the dams would destroy pristine rainforests, endanger wildlife, and displace natives in Sarawak, a Malaysian state crossed by powerful rivers with rich jungle habitats. "It is not a firm plan to build 12 dams. I don't think we will need that. We will only need...
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Fanno Creek beaver dam
2013-02-05 19:52:31| PortlandOnline
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