Dams have been emblematic of the World Bank's approach to development for many decades. From the bank's early years in the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale infrastructure projects such as dams, power ...

The rain and snow that have drenched California and much of the American West over the last few months — at least relative to some of the hellishly dry years we’ve gotten recently — are a blessing not ...

The aging hydroelectric Craggy Dam on the French Broad River is one of several Western NC structures targeted for possible removal.

LANSING, MI — Michigan’s top natural resources official warned that the proposed sale of Consumers Energy hydroelectric dams ...

The Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River east of Portland. Washington and Oregon produce more than one-third of the nation’s hydropower. Amelia Templeton / OPB Hydropower generated for electricity ...

In its current form, the nation's electric grid largely doesn't store energy. The vast majority of electricity generated by fossil fuels, hydropower, and other sources flows into the grid and is ...

The ultimatum comes after several groups urged the Michigan Public Service Commission to reject the sale plan or impose conditions.

Consumers Energy plans to sell its 13 aging and unprofitable Michigan hydropower dams to a subsidiary of a Maryland private equity firm for a dollar apiece, in a deal that would ensure their continued ...

Two recent studies published in Biological Conservation and Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, led by researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the ...

(The Center Square) – Consumers Energy recently announced it plans to sell its entire hydropower fleet of 13 dams across Michigan. The company, which is Michigan’s largest energy provider, signed a ...

Tom Baird, a former NRC chair and former President of Anglers of the Au Sable, said during the presentation that the dams would fall into further disrepair under private equity ownership because ...