The Pacific Northwest could see a slight increase in hydropower generation within the next 15 years, but climate change could affect how and when that energy could be used, a new study suggests. The ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...

Everything about the Bonneville Dam is big. The dams themselves — there are actually three, stretching between islands to cut across a nearly mile-wide section of the Columbia River — are made of ...

Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during periods of drought has cost Western U.S. states about $20 billion over the past two decades, according to new findings from Stanford University ...

BEIJING (AP) — Factories in China’s southwest have shut down and a city imposed rolling blackouts after reservoirs to generate hydropower ran low in a worsening drought, adding to economic strains at ...

BOSTON — Turbines powered by Canadian rivers could keep the lights on in Massachusetts, but producers of solar and other renewable energy are concerned that too much hydropower could darken their ...

HAAT VILLAGE, India, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Narmada Devi pointed to an expanse of rubble and dirt, at the spot where her home in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand stood until last ...