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The Problem with Hydropower – Damnation Trailer

By Linda Heron on Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
Posted in Dam Removals, Dams, Energy, Fisheries, Hydroelectric, Impacts, Removal, River Concerns, Rivers at Risk

Ontario has hundreds, if not thousands of dams that are unsafe and no longer serving any useful purpose.  These dams are blocking fish passage, degrading water quality, fragmenting habitat, threatening species at risk and sensitive cold water species.   ORA is working to take them out.  Check out this excellent overview of the problems with hydropower:

This film explores the evolution of our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of wild rivers. Produced by Matt Stoecker & Travis Rummel Directed by Ben Knight & Travis Rummel.