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Proposed Amazon dam would fuel land speculation, deforestation, study says
2016-06-28 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A proposed dam in the heart of the Amazon will lead to a wave of deforestation as remote areas of the world's largest rainforest are opened to agriculture, said a study from Brazilian researchers published on Tuesday. Local businesses with contracts to help build the proposed Tapajos dam complex are likely to use their profits to buy land in the Amazon for soy farming or cattle ranching, said the study published by the Federal University of Western Para in northeastern Brazil. Such land purchases...
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As Americas Largest Reservoir Hits Record Low, a Dam Debate Returns
2016-06-18 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NY Mag: Lake Mead, Americas largest reservoir, reached a record low water level this week, breaking the previous record set a year ago. As of Friday night, the depth of the lake, which was formed after the Depression-era Hoover Dam was built on the Colorado River at the Nevada-Arizona border, had dropped to 1,074.33 feet, and the Desert Sun reports that officials expect the level to hit 1,071 feet by the end of June. The lakes continuing decline amid 16 years of drought may automatically trigger significant...
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The role of dam removal in river management in New England
2016-06-10 16:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Dam removal in New England is not only an important aspect of river restoration but it also provides an opportunity to enhance the magnitude and rate of river re-connection, and improve watershed resilience in response to human impact on the environment, if a broader strategic removal approach is implemented throughout the region, according to a new Dartmouth-led study published in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. The study is the first interdisciplinary, region-wide assessment of the social...
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Dam Safety Lives Today: It's Not Just an Historic Event
2016-05-31 18:17:07| PortlandOnline
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Construction world largest dam in DR Congo could begin within months
2016-05-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The largest dam in the world is set to begin construction within months and could be generating electricity in under five years. But 35,000 people may have to be relocated and it could be built without any environmental or social impact surveys, say critics. The $14bn (9.5bn) Inga 3 project, the first part of the mega-project, is being fast-tracked by the Democratic Republic of Congo government will span one channel of the vast river Congo at Inga Falls. It involves a large dam and a 4,800MW...
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