Politics Plans to terminate an old hydroelectric plant in Inari face difficulties - process will take decades After 70-years of operation, Inari is ready to cease the plant's activity and allow water and fish to move freely between the local lakes and rivers.
Solutions Will dams spoil one of Europe’s last wild rivers? Albania's Vjosa River also faces other development threats, including an airport. Designating the river a national park could save it.
Solutions www.circleofblue.org ‘Mass aging’ of dams a global safety and financial risk, UN report says A global dam-building binge that spanned the early- to mid-20th century is now reaching a turning point, according to a report published by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Environmentalists and dam operators, at war for years, start making peace Facing a climate crisis, environmental groups and industry agree to work together to bolster hydropower while reducing harm from dams.
Newsletter Migratory freshwater fish decline 76 percent since 1970, new report finds Around the world, migratory freshwater fish numbers are dropping faster than migratory species both on land and in the ocean, a new study finds.
