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The Mekong ecosystem is threatened by human activity, including overfishing, climate change, sand mining and the construction of hydropower dams that severely impede migratory species and could impact the giant salmon carp.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
World’s biggest freshwater fish, a 660-pound stingray, caught in Cambodia
Human projects such as hydropower dams and sand mining have further degraded marine habitats and disrupted life for the Mekong’s more than 1,100 fish species, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Complicating the issue in the march to decarbonize the power sector are rapid technical leaps occurring in a myriad of energy forms—solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and hydrogen—as policymakers set ambitious deadlines for consumers to use more and more renewable energy.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The hydropower industry is not happy that it was largely left out of the permitting overhaul legislation that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Wednesday.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 31 July 2024
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
World’s biggest freshwater fish, a 660-pound stingray, caught in Cambodia
Human projects such as hydropower dams and sand mining have further degraded marine habitats and disrupted life for the Mekong’s more than 1,100 fish species, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Complicating the issue in the march to decarbonize the power sector are rapid technical leaps occurring in a myriad of energy forms—solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and hydrogen—as policymakers set ambitious deadlines for consumers to use more and more renewable energy.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
The hydropower industry is not happy that it was largely left out of the permitting overhaul legislation that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Wednesday.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 31 July 2024
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“Hydropower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydropower. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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hydropower
noun
hy·dro·pow·er
ˈhī-drə-ˌpau̇(-ə)r 
: hydroelectric power
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