As Colorado River Management Faces Federal Deadline, New Scientific Report Challenges ‘Clean Energy’ Myth of Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams
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A new report from nonprofit group Tell The Dam Truth estimates the full lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by Glen Canyon and Hoover dams are equal to the average yearly emissions from 1.7 coal-fired power plants.
As the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation pushes forward with a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to determine the “operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead,” the report challenges part of the underpinning of the Bureau’s work.
The Bureau of Reclamation has stated that hydropower generated at the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams is “clean energy,”…
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