Brazil has the potential to generate 50 ... suspended the building of a large dam on the Tapajós River – São Luiz do Tapajós – which would have flooded part of the Munduruku indigenous ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation are reopening a four-year-old study that rejected calls from environmental groups and tribes to breach four lower Snake River dams in ...

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BOISE, Idaho — In 2020, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers selected to not remove the dams on the Lower Snake River, but on Dec. 18, these entities submitted a notice ...

The dam, which will be located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, could produce 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, according to an estimate provided by the Power ...

Thousands of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) customers are experiencing public safety power shutoffs as high winds and low humidity continue to elevate wildfire risk across Southern California.

Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct a date related to an official visit. We regret the error. On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on ...

Despite continued opposition, the World Bank has approved the first of five mega dams projects expected to get its support.

A man wanted for murder in Brazil, his home country, was arrested Dec. 31 near his residence in Fall River, federal immigration officials said Tuesday. The man, whose name was not released ...

Major water systems in the region include the Burdekin, Bowen-Broken, Cape and Suttor–Belyando rivers, and Lake Dalrymple, created by the Burdekin Falls Dam. The Burdekin River is one of Australia's ...

River surfing is fringe. It’s on the periphery of traditional surfing, with eccentric wave-riders flocking to standing, freshwater novelty waves across the globe. Some of the main spots include ...