Environmental News and Information

Federal government approves British Columbia's 45-MW Kokish River ...
... the project must change its release schedule to maintain "natural water flows in the river during the low summer flows and early fall salmon migration period.". ...

BPA, BC Hydro agree on new water storage treaty
... It shapes the release of water to aid migrating salmon and helps produce electric power at times when it is most needed," says Steve Wright, BPA administrator. ...

Switzerland, Germany and Austria agree to pumped-storage ...
... European countries have agreed to lower their greenhouse gas emissions 20% by the year 2020 -- a goal fueled in large part by investments in forms of renewable ...

Wave energy firm wins US $10.3 million grant in Australia
... The Western Australian Government provided US $5.6 million for the project as part of the state's low emissions energy development program. ...

Exploring the Reasons behind Dam Removal
... to protect industrial and municipal water users from adverse water quality effects of ... with the Rivers and Harbors Act and Clean Water Act), US Environmental ...

Customers Fund Work at Reclamation Plants
... supplies domestic and industrial water, generates electric power, conserves fish and wildlife, creates opportunities for recreation and enhances water quality. ...

Study analysis impact of dam construction in Amazonian regions
... Such connectivity is important, says Finer, because the Andes supply the vast majority of sediment, nutrients and organic matter to the Amazon floodplain. ...

R&D Forum
... to inform the public and legislators about the KHSA's economic, biological, recreational and social ... Corps studying sediment management at Gavins Point Dam. ...