hydropower

Energy company wants to build hydropower projects on the Navajo Nation. Not everyone is on board.

Photo: Percy Deal, a resident of the Big Mountain community on Black Mesa, sits in a field near the foothills…

1 year ago

Solar and wind energy preserve groundwater for drought, agriculture

Using drought-prone California as a case study, a research team shows that increased solar and wind energy can reduce the…

5 years ago

Large hydropower dams ‘not sustainable’ in developing world

Photo: Problems at the Oroville dam in California in 2017 saw 10,000 people evacuated A new study says that many…

6 years ago

83% decline of freshwater animals underscores need to protect, restore freshwaters

Certain groups of animals are declining at an alarming rate—and none more so than those living in freshwater. This year’s…

6 years ago