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The False Promise of Hydroelectric Dams

In part two of a series on dams, reservoirs and catastrophic failures displace and destroy whole communities and ecosystems.

By David A. J. Reynolds | April 3, 2019 | Energy, Environment, Health | Arundhati Roy, Balbina Dam, Banqiao Dam, Bargi Dam, Big Bend Dam, Bureau of Reclamation, China, Collapse, Cost Overruns, Dams, Deltas, Destruction, Diminishing Returns, Displacement, Earthquakes, Economic Return, Estuaries, Failure Cascade, Flood Control Act, Floods, Fort Randall Dam, Garrison Dam, Geology, Ghana, Hydroelectric Power, Hydrology, India, Industry, Instability, International Rivers, Iroquois, Jabalpur, Kinzua Dam, Mark Twain, Methane, Mississippi River, Monteynard Dam, Native Americans, Oahe Dam, Oroville Dam, Pakistan, Power Generation, Reservoirs, Rivers, Sediment, Seneca, Settlements, Soviet Union, Stalin, The World Bank, Three Gorges Dam, Ukai Dam, US Army Corps of Engineers, Vajont Dam, Volga, Water

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The Problems of Industrial Meat: A Primer

Industrial meat production has extraordinary costs to animal welfare, the environment, and human health. Acknowledging the immorality of these practices gives us an opportunity to align our behavior with our more humane ideals.

By Samantha Maxwell | April 25, 2018 | Agriculture, Environment, Ethics, Food, Health | Antibiotics, Beef, Chicken, Cows, Diabetes, Environment, Factory Farming, Food, Free-Range, Greenhouse Gases, Humane Practices, Hunting, Industrial Agriculture, Industrial Meat, Industrialization, Killing, Meat Production, Mechanization, Methane, Morality, Obesity, Organic, Pigs, Pork, Poultry, Protein, Slaughter, Superbugs

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