Sentences with phrase «new dams»

And, to be clear, building new dams is not a climate solution.

We were founded in 1973 to fight the construction of harmful new dams and to get more rivers designated as Wild and Scenic.

Likewise, he said the push for building big new dams is misguided.

For these reasons, building new dams should be the absolute last alternative for solving our water supply needs.

Areas like Sichuan are already prone to earthquakes — the Wenchuan quake in 2008 killed at least 70,000 people and may have been exacerbated by the reservoirs for new dams in the region.

As one of the few studies in the world to examine the effects of river and wetland degradation over a long time period and wide area, the results allow the team to warn of the long - term impacts of new dams on rivers in other areas and countries.

However, the candidate has said he supports stabilizing California's water supply to better withstand droughts, potentially with new dams.

«We may see a certain shift of resources from coal where the World Bank is pretty much exiting to big hydropower,» said Peter Bosshard of International Rivers, which has been fighting a major new dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

When a slew of proposed new dams threatened to destroy the teeming salmon and steelhead runs of the Cowlitz River, the powerful Washington State Sportsmen's Council collected 110,000 signatures for an initiative to block the dams, even though in Washington dams mean jobs.

One approach is to create campaigns against new dams to save fish, or to create campaigns to have existing dams removed (as in the Snake River dams in the USA).

Additionally, the Nile River in Africa, much of southern Asia, the Balkans in southeastern Europe, and upper South America are all areas where new dams are under construction and neighboring countries face increasing water demand, may lack workable treaties, or worse, haven't even discussed the issue.

For example, suppose a conservation group is interested in saving the tremendous fish diversity in the great Mekong River where several new dams are under consideration for hydroelectric power.

They'd either have to generate their own gas - fired power or necessitate the construction of controversial new dams like BC Hydro's proposed Site C on the Peace River.

Hydropower projects involving new dams are also not eligible for certain renewable subsitide.

The Yangtze's newest dams include several smaller projects that are necessary to alleviate sedimentation caused by the Three Gorges reservoir.

For instance, the National Park Service is collaborating with the state of Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources to construct new dams that are high enough to prevent Asian carp from jumping over.

They help Scoop, Muck, and Lofty clear the quarry to make room for an exciting new dam and reservoir.

Beijing's recent decision to build a slew of giant new dams on rivers flowing to other countries is thus set to roil riparian relations.

Ms. Aguirre works as part of International Rivers» Latin America program to support local movements for the protection of rivers; to identify new dam projects in Latin America and to examine their...

Considering the impact of climate change on watersheds when planning new dams or revise existing dams is most important for human safety and economic reasons.

If all that happens — if the grandiose solar plants get built, and new dams arise in the north, and the nuclear plants get financed, and the deepwater pipeline gets laid — India could, perhaps, solve the conundrum of «bloody coal» and overhaul its power generation system.

The funds will help finance two critical new dams and reservoirs for water storage.

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Congress must deny attempts to authorize new dams on the Flint, and Metro Atlanta must institute water efficiency measures to lower its water use.

Fortunately, water efficiency and conservation provide cheaper, faster, and more reliable water than costly and harmful new dams and other short - sighted water storage projects.

Recognizing the damage done, a rising chorus of water managers and politicians from both parties is making a new argument for new dams: They will help repair the environmental devastation caused by the old dams.

I'm a raft guide and river worshipper — I've campaigned hard against new dams and fought to remove old ones.

However, he said, that doesn't mean building big new dams and reservoirs in the Sierra, diverting water from the Delta or overturning environmental protections for the state's fish and wildlife.

«It's not straightforward, but it's there, and would have to be compared with the costs of desalinated water and building new dams on land.»

Here, fathers teach baby birds to sing and keep baby penguins warm, along with building new dams for baby beavers.

Matthews saw this take place in Nepal, where low water levels rendered a brand - new dam project ineffective and cut off the water supply farther downstream.

The government plans to develop a staggering 48 new hydroelectric power plants by 2020, totaling 42,157 MW of installed power — with more than 80 percent of that capacity slated to come from 18 new dams in the Amazon River Basin.

Riverkeeper president Paul Gallay said the group would not support construction of new dams to replace Indian Point's power.

She should instead direct BC Hydro to assess renewable energy and conservation on the same footing as a new dam and let British Columbians see which path would create the most jobs across the province.

But freshwater fish are beginning to return, thanks to an $ 86 million project financed by the World Bank that saw construction of a new dam and dykes.

New dams and power shortfalls Masses of people could also face prolonged brownouts.

Now the question is going to come up at some point when these environmental groups push too far, what is the government going to do or they are going to stand with the environmentalists or stand with the people who are pushing and challenging the government or they are going to back down side with the cronies, you know, in the businesses and the party officials were profiting from, for example, the new dams that are being built.

New dams will also have indirect effects on emissions, said Imhof.

More than 1,400 new dams or water diversion projects are planned or already under construction and many of them are on rivers flowing through multiple nations, fueling the potential for increased water conflict between some countries.

Amazon to get 18 new dams To sustain a growth rate of about 5 percent a year, Brazil needs to add 5,000 megawatts of installed capacity every year, according to Mauricio Tolmasquim, president of Brazil's Energy Research Co., the agency in charge of mapping the future of the energy sector.

This increased understanding of species decline in fragmented river systems is especially important because hundreds of new dams and water developments are planned or are under construction in many of the world's rivers and large losses of aquatic biodiversity can be expected.»

Twelve new dams are planned for the upper Yangtze alone.

For example, meeting growing demand by finding a new source of water or by building a new dam in a place like California could cost up to 60 cents per cubic meter of water.