Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Making Hydropower Dams Work Better
John Seebach, Senior Director, Federal River Management
September 22, 2011 | Dams & Dam Removal, Hydropower
Removing a dam is a great way to restore a river, but what about hydropower dams that society depends on? American Rivers has a long history of working to make those dams work better.
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John Seebach, Senior Director, Federal River Management
June 17, 2011 | Dams & Dam Removal, Hydropower
American Rivers Hydropower Reform Initiative is one of our longest-running and best-known programs. We’ve been working with power companies and federal operators since we were founded nearly 40 years ago to try and reduce the harm to rivers from hydropower dams. As a result, we’re often asked if we see a tension between our serious concerns about climate change and our support for renewable energy on one hand and our concern about new dam construction.
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