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Ontario Rivers Alliance featured in environmental film

By Linda Heron on Monday, December 12th, 2016

Posted in E-Newsletter, Hydro Impacts 101: The Trade-offs, Media, ORA Reports, ORA Submissions, Press Release, River Concerns, Video

SUDBURY: The contributions of the Ontario Rivers Alliance (ORA) are being featured in an online series of short film documentaries dedicated to conservation issues.

In Fieldwork – the Art of Conservation, ORA Chair Linda Heron talks about the organization’s commitment to protecting Ontario rivers, and its focus on one of the most challenging issues facing communities and riverine ecosystems today – hydroelectric power development. Continue reading →

Hydro Impacts 101: The Trade-offs

By Linda Heron on Saturday, January 23rd, 2016

Posted in Dams, Energy, Fisheries, Hydro Impacts 101: The Trade-offs, Hydroelectric, Impacts, ORA Reports, River Concerns, Rivers at Risk, Species at Risk, Water Quality

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ORA’s report, Hydro Impacts 101: The Trade-offs, identifies some of the environmental impacts that can and do occur at dams and waterpower facilities. It will become clear that waterpower is seldom clean or green, and that some rivers should not be dammed at all. In addition, this Report recommends some ways of reducing the impacts, and of improving the regulatory process for waterpower in Ontario. Read our report here…. Continue reading →