The Hoover Dam was an engineering feat- a Depression-era accomplishment that harnessed the Colorado River and gave rise to cities like Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. But the success of the ...
In New Hampshire and across our country, dams provide essential services, including flood control, drinking water, renewable energy, and irrigation. For the safety of our communities, to help combat ...
The Hoover Dam is the most famous such example in North America, and for good reason. Built between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression, the project was truly a feat of engineering for the time.
Changes planned for Linn County’s Pinicon Ridge Park dam aim to turn it into a place where people and aquatic wildlife can live and play safer. Last month, the county conservation board awarded a $3.4 ...
Five years after the World Commission on Dams gave key recommendations on how dams could be built with minimum social and evironmental costs, WWF reports that governments, financiers and dam builders ...
Work continues to remove the Bel Air Dam in Pittsfield. NewsChannel 13’ s media partners at The Berkshire Eagle shared photos of construction teams and large equipment are there to clear the area. As ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions ...
Thousands of miles from China’s populous coastline, a sharp bend in a remote Himalayan river is set to become the centerpiece of one of the country’s most ambitious – and controversial – ...