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hunter

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9. There's no "both sides" when dealing with dams and toxic dam sediments.

Reply to Martin68 (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 3, 2024, 12:33 PM

Oct 3

No dam has a unlimited lifetime. Eventually these toxic sediments will have to be isolated. If we don't do it now we're simply leaving the task to future generations.

The worst possible thing that happens is that these future generations lose the industrial capacity to safely remove dams, or even maintain them, and millions of people die whenever dams fail.

Removing dams from natural waterways and isolating any toxic sediments they've impounded is always the environmentally and socially responsible thing to do.

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Tribes celebrate the end of the largest dam removal project in US history [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2 OP

Very good for the salmon. We have lost so much biodiversity. Still, I wonder PatrickforB Oct 2 #1

In comparison to other options such as coal, oil and natural gas it is overall very environmentally friendly. cstanleytech Oct 3 #3

Natural gas is the energy source that will end the world as we know it... hunter Oct 3 #10

I'm leaning towards the impact of our dumping to much pollution into our rivers thus killing the plankton in the oceans. cstanleytech Oct 3 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author cstanleytech Oct 3 #2

Restoration is going gangbusters, starting five years ago - Totally planned out Brother Buzz Oct 3 #4

In some more industrial areas moniss Oct 3 #5

Sediment and toxic buildup behind dams are certainly issues to consider, but the harm done by dams is Martin68 Oct 3 #7

There's no "both sides" when dealing with dams and toxic dam sediments. hunter Oct 3 #9

Most certainly and in the old areas east of the Mississippi there are many old dams on smaller waterways moniss Oct 3 #12

Good news for the tribes, good news for the environment. Martin68 Oct 3 #6

Indigenous people have always revered Mother Earth, Bayard Oct 3 #8