Tag Archives: hydroelectric

Is hydroelectric a pathway to decarbonization?

By Sana Gavarikar on Sunday, March 12th, 2023
Posted in Art, Dam Removals, Dams, Energy, Government, Hydroelectric, Industry, Media, ORA Submissions, Regulatory, Regulatory Submissions, River Concerns, Video

Watch our video to understand how hydroelectricity is greenwashed by Ontario Power Generation as “clean” and “non-emitting” when there are hundreds of independent third-party studies to the contrary. Read our full submission here!

Please sign and share our petition to protect Ontario Rivers and send OPG a strong message! 

High Falls, Sturgeon River – 1993 Dam Project – MNR Report abandoned in 2006

By Linda Heron on Friday, April 12th, 2013
Posted in Dams, Hydroelectric, Interviews, Media, River Concerns, Rivers at Risk

Click here to Listen to this episode of Tapestry.

Season 18: Episode 29

Anthony Lawlor is an architect who has made it his job to find the sacred in the ordinary. He and Mary talk about how the divine is not limited to churches, mosques, synagogues and temples. Lawlor says you can find it everywhere, if you just look  – even in your own kitchen.  For more on our show and our guests…
I’m drawing your attention to the interview at 34:40 min.:
After that, we visit a place where a construction worker dug up something he didn’t expect to find. In High Falls, Ontario in the fall of 1992, a dam project was at a crucial phase. The plan was to generate hydro and provide development for the local economy.However, a skull and two bones showed up after several days of heavy rains. Testing revealed they were human remains, and suddenly, the site took on a whole new meaning for the nearby Poplar Point Ojibway First Nation.Many Ojibway believe that wind and rushing water are vital for communication between the living and the dead. The dam would block the voices of many ancestors. Jody Porter‘s documentary, This Powerful Place, explores the difficult questions faced from the perspective of one of the band’s elders and an archeologist hired to investigate.

Save Wabagishik Rapids – Vermilion River

By Linda Heron on Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Posted in Hydroelectric, Media, River Concerns, Rivers at Risk, Vermilion River, Video, Wabagishik Rapids

Wabagishik Rapids is a beautiful 1 km stretch of rapids on the Vermilion River, about 1/2 hour west of Sudbury, Ontario.  A developer is proposing to build a modified run of river hydroelectric dam that would produce enough power to supply about 1,600 homes.  These types of dams have numerous negative impacts associated with them, and are very harmful to the riverine ecosystem.   Check out this film to find out more.

Full length film:

Short – 13 Minute Version:

Short 3 Minute preview of the full version:

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