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small dams cumulative impacts on Amazonia
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Series of small dams pose big cumulative risk to Amazon’s fish and people

Small hydropower plants and small-scale fish farming in the Brazilian Amazon basin are often thought to cause negligible environmental harm, yet a new study reveals their cumulative damage is greatly underestimated and can be more impactful than large dams.

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Einstein’s father’s hydro-power plant restoration

Italian tech startup revives Einstein’s father’s power plant

A husband-wife team of entrepreneurs are using a once-abandoned hydroelectric station to feed the power grid and keep their artificial-intelligence enterprise humming.
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Mega-dam costs outweigh benefits, global building spree should end: experts
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Mega-dam costs outweigh benefits, global building spree should end: experts

It is time to move away from large hydroelectric dams in favor of micro-scale energy generation and sustainable alternatives, according to a new report.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Trump’s energy secretary pushes fossil fuels while dismissing renewables in public speeches

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EPA chief moves to dismantle climate protections

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Opinion: Cuts to NOAA threaten U.S. climate research and weather forecasting

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
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Plants are struggling to breathe in a world full of plastic and smoke

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Trump administration may cancel hydrogen hub projects in Democratic-led states