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An ambitious construction scheme was hatched in the early '80s by local officials and organizations determined to tame the river. The plans included two major dams, at Serre-de-la-Fare and Chambonchard, and two smaller ones. The stated aim was to prevent flooding, expand irrigation and boost water flow...
The bill, called the "Sapphic Safe Sex Task Force Authorization Act," asked that ROTC cadets bring back dental dams from MIT, where they are freely distributed. Anna M. Baldwin '00, who co-authored the bill,said it was "a parody of the ROTC bill" and shewas not surprised when the...
HYDROELECTRIC DAMS Dams hurt baby fish by slowing down water, which raises its temperature and increases the time it takes the young to get to the ocean. Others are killed by hydroelectric turbines before they can even start downstream. Adult fish swimming upstream often fail to make it over the...
Cheap water courtesy of the Federal Government costs taxpayers well in excess of $1 billion a year. The low-cost water comes not from a single subsidy but from an accumulation of subsidies. Over the years, taxpayers have funded the vast infrastructure that provides the water--dams, reservoirs, canals, locks...
Zhang sounds the ferry's horn at an oncoming barge. He is in favor of the controversial Three Gorges Dam, which, he says, will deepen the water and allow big ships to sail all the way upstream to Chongqing, bringing economic development in their wake. "We are only half developed...