A Backup Plan Could Use Dams to Preserve Water Lost by Melting of Glaciers

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Jun 1, 2016 Summer water shortages caused by the reduction of glacier ice mass could be alleviated by dams constructed to contain springtime runoff from melting snow. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How the Water Crisis in the West Renewed the Debate About the Effectiveness of Major Dams

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2016 In the midst of drought after drought, some are pushing for the enormous Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River to be decommissioned. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

More Droughts May Mean Less Electrical Power

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jan 8, 2016 Rising temperatures and reduced rainfall will make the flow of rivers less dependable, affecting supplies to the electricity generators that rely on them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Renewable Energy Redoubles Its Global Reach

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jun 27, 2015 As the world economy and energy use both grew in 2014, renewables continued their rapid rise -- but carbon emissions did not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Heat and Drought Pose Threat to U.S. Power Supplies

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 24, 2015 Global warming will leave people in the Western states of the U.S. exposed to increasingly extreme temperatures that could seriously affect electricity generation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Flood Risk to Nuclear Sites Raises Meltdown Fears

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network May 6, 2015 Sea level rise, storm surges and bursting dams all pose an increasing danger to nuclear power stations as the climate changes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

India’s Dam Building Bonanza

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Mar 16, 2014 India is in the middle of a massive hydroelectric dam building program, necessary, its leaders say, to fuel the energy needs of its fast growing economy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Both Salmon and Hydropower Can Thrive

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Oct 13, 2013 Scientists have produced a handbook that shows how better river management can mean more breeding success for migratory fish and more electricity from a vital source of renewable energy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Let’s Get Ready to Crumble

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 18, 2012 The American Society of Civil Engineers has awarded America’s roadways a grade of D-, rated one in four bridges as “structurally deficient or functionally obsolete” and warned that thousands of American dams are on the verge of failure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )