Hydropower dams degrade water quality along rivers. Water that flows downstream is depleted of oxygen, which harms many aquatic animals.
Hydropower dams can harm coastal areas far downstream Read More »
The arctic climate is defined by a low amount or absence
of sunlight in winter and long days during summer, with
significant spatial and temporal variation. The sensitivities of
snow and ice regimes to small temperature increases and
of cold oceans to small changes in salinity are processes
that could contribute to unusually large and rapid climate change in the Arctic.
Arctic climate: Past and present Read More »
The take down of Gilbert Bennett by the Commission of Inquiry began in the opening days when he was no longer under the protection of either Danny Williams or Kathy Dunderdale.
Uncle Gnarley on Cronyism at Nalcor Read More »
If you have been keeping up to date on the crises of MF commissioning, you know that the synchronous condensers, essential to grid stability, won’t work; that the Labrador Island Link
TEN YEARS AFTER MUSKRAT FALLS SANCTION Read More »
After a decade of work and $13.4 billion — nearly double the price tag promised in 2012 — there are now serious doubts the project will ever perform as designed. Equipment is falling from overhead lines in locations so remote it takes days to reach them before repairs can even begin. Muskrat Falls power is so unreliable that an aging thermal plant the project was meant to replace will remain open for years to come.
Sold down the river Read More »