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Today, the Arctic is the fastest warming region on this warming planet, so talk of tourism, hydropower futures, resource extraction, strategic power, and authoritarian landgrabs, cannot be considered outside of the overarching restructuring of both the local and the global climate/environment.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
The Times reports that more than one billion people live in countries where more than 50 percent of their energy comes from hydroelectric plants, while hydropower is expected to become less reliable as extreme weather events like drought and flooding become more frequent and severe.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
On Sunday, Trump ordered the federal government to override the state’s water resource policies to deliver more water and hydropower to the Los Angeles region.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Using ultra-high voltage power lines operating at 1.1 million volts, this technology transmits electricity generated from renewable sources, such as wind farms in central Mongolia or hydropower in the southwest, to densely populated areas.
—Elena Bou, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
The Times reports that more than one billion people live in countries where more than 50 percent of their energy comes from hydroelectric plants, while hydropower is expected to become less reliable as extreme weather events like drought and flooding become more frequent and severe.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
On Sunday, Trump ordered the federal government to override the state’s water resource policies to deliver more water and hydropower to the Los Angeles region.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
Using ultra-high voltage power lines operating at 1.1 million volts, this technology transmits electricity generated from renewable sources, such as wind farms in central Mongolia or hydropower in the southwest, to densely populated areas.
—Elena Bou, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Hydropower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydropower. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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hydropower
noun
hy·dro·pow·er
ˈhī-drə-ˌpau̇(-ə)r 
: hydroelectric power
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