Maryland’s Conowingo Dam was built and has been in operation since the 1920’s. It is now operated by Susquehanna Electric Company which is a subsidiary of Exelon Power Corporation located in Chicago, Illinois. Recently the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Exelon a 50-year license to operate the dam that supplies hydroelectric power to Susquehanna… Read More Environmentalists Sue To Close Maryland Hydroelectric Dam
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
The Sierra Club is actively campaigning against the sale of drilling leases in Colorado issued by the US Interior Department to allow oil and gas companies to drill for fossil fuels in areas located near the Great Sand Dunes National Park which is located in the south-central part of the state. According to The Daily… Read More Sierra Club Accused of Lying About Drilling Near Colorado National Park
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
Last week a news story was published based on a claim by the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) that the country’s electricity needs were serviced entirely by renewable energy for 300 days. The country claimed it had exceeded the 250 day period it achieved last year. In light of this, fossil fuel companies should… Read More No, Costa Rica did not run on renewable energy for 300 days
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
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
California state agencies working in conjunction with federal agencies have drafted a huge plan to zone the state’s desert for renewable energy development. There is only one problem, according to KCET-TV, the EPA does not approve. As a result, California bureaucrats have to work even harder in order to appease the feds. The Environmental Protection… Read More The EPA nixes California’s renewable energy plan
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