Voyage of the Dammed

Hydroelectric power is often thought of as “green” energy, but dams have devastated river ecology and the creatures it supports—including us.

By David A. J. Reynolds | February 13, 2019 | Energy, Environment, Health | Bonneville Dam, Canals, Civilization, Colorado River, Columbia River, Dams, Danube River, Deltas, Dneprostroi Dam, Dnieper River, Drinking Water, Ecology, Energy, Erosion, Estuaries, Extinction, Fish, Fish Ladders, Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, Green Energy, Groundwater, Hatcheries, Heiddeger, Hoover Dam, Hydroelectric Power, Ian Nairn, Industry, International Rivers, Iron Gate Dam, Mills, Pollution, Reservoirs, Riverbank, Riverbed, Rivers, Salmon, Sediment, Snake River, Soviet Union, Sturgeon, Trees, Tributaries, Water, Water Table, Watershed

Are We Conditioning Our Air or Ourselves?

Air conditioning is ruining our body’s ability to adapt to heat, while it wastes a tremendous, and growing, amount of energy.

By Samantha Maxwell | September 15, 2018 | Environment | Acclimatization, Air Conditioning, Architecture, CFCs, Comfort, Cooling, Electricity, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Heat, HFCs, Willis Carrier

Portland Becomes First US City to Stop Fossil Fuel Expansion

Responding to powerful grass-roots activism, Portland’s government passed a law, recently upheld by the Oregon Court of Appeals, to arrest further construction or expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure in the city.

By Kevon Paynter | March 7, 2018 | Community, Environment, Government, Health, Law | 350.org, Activism, California, Carbon Dioxide, Chevron, Civil Disobedience, Climate Change, Climate March, Energy, Environmentalism, ExxonMobil, Fossil Fuels, Idaho, Kayaktivism, Natural Gas, Oil, Oregon, Pipelines, Political Action, Portland, Propane, Renewable Energy, Shell, Washington, Willamette River