Why Europe is dismantling its dams Mikko Nikkinen / Storymakers 2021 The dismantling of Finland's Kangaskoski dam in 2021 Artificial barriers have long blocked Europe's waterways. Every time a dam was removed, salmon "embraced" the new part of the river, says Hanna Ollikainen, executive director of the South Karelian Recreation Area Foundation, a civil society organisation, which acquired the dams …
AUGUSTA, Maine — President Joe Biden has issued a federal disaster declaration for extensive damage caused by a massive wind and rainstorm in Maine in December, the first of three storms to pummel the state, Democratic Gov. The president’s action frees up federal funding to assist in repairing public infrastructure damage in nine counties from the storm that hit the …
PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government ruled Monday that the last wild Atlantic salmon in the country can coexist with hydroelectric dams on a Maine river, dealing a blow to environmentalists who have long sought to remove the dams. Conservation measures along Brookfield’s four Kennebec dams are designed to improve fish passages and will require an investment of more than …
