China’s hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam is being pushed to the limit by new floods ravaging the Yangtze River. Cities like Chongqing have seen record breaking flooding, and a 1,200 year old Buddha statue (the Leshan Giant Buddha) is at risk, as 100,000 people in the area have been forced to evacuate. PHOTO CREDIT: Three Gorges… Read More China’s Three Gorges Dam Tested as Floods Worsen
It isn’t just COVID-19 China’s regime needs to worry about. The high likelihood the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province located on the Yangtze River collapsing has Chinese citizens and officials very alarmed since river water levels have escalated due to recent torrential rains. Sadly, corruption is a way of life in China and it’s… Read More China’s Flooding Catastrophe Due to Three Gorges Dam
A Maine power company has offered to build a power transmission line so the state of Massachusetts can obtain power from a hydroelectric utility company in Quebec, Canada. This being done to stick to the Massachusetts Republican Governor’s carbon footprint reduction campaign. There is one tiny problem: environmentalists with the Natural Resources Defense Council and… Read More Environmentalists: Clean Energy Just as Bad as Dirty Energy
India will soon have the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river in the country’s western state of Gujarat built. According to Reuters once completed, the dam will be the world’s second largest and provide hydroelectric power and even water to three states. The construction for the dam began in 1987 but was briefly held… Read More Environmentalists oppose dam, seek to keep Indians in the dark
A startling article published by CTV. A peer-reviewed manuscript published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that hydroelectric plants will emit more methylmercury into ecosystems than climate change. Methylmercury is a neurotoxin created as mercury mixes with bacteria and is associated with heart issues and intellectual problems in children. As… Read More Hydroelectric plants may pollute water with methylmercury
An insightful op-ed published in Fortune states that oil price declined might mean the renewable energy market could collapse or be seriously damaged. Despite the renewables market taking off the first half of 2015, the essay’s author, Varun Sivaram, investors piled money into Yieldco companies that not only operated renewable energy projects but also helped… Read More Oil price decline may result in renewable energy collapse
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