Hydropower Archives

July 29, 2010

Chemical pollution is the latest calamity as heavy rains continue to blanket the country with floods.

July 21, 2010

U.S. aid projects focus on city water systems, clean drinking water, dam construction and irrigation.

July 16, 2010

As the Southeast Asian country battles with climate change, it looks to use less hydropower.

June 23, 2010

Officials have begun blasting boulders to expand the spillway of glacial melt.

June 9, 2010

India strives to redirect water, currently used for Pakistani agriculture, on the Kishanganga River for 330 megawatts.

June 7, 2010

A tidal wave, reaching up to 60 meters high, is expected to race through the Hunza valley of the Himalayas.

June 7, 2010

American Rivers’ annual tally of threatened rivers highlights effects of drilling for natural gas.

June 2, 2010

While the superpower announces ambitious sustainability goals, it faces droughts and intensive energy needs.

May 14, 2010

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has called for a hearing on flood releases from a dam upstream from Nashville, while the city attempts to clean up.

May 13, 2010

Thousands of Pakistani villagers are at risk if a landslide-formed lake breaches its rock dam.

April 4, 2010

A volatile mix in Asia.

March 10, 2010

Whether, where, and how to build new dams: the old Western debate.