Hydroelectric power is listed as an important source of clean energy. But in reality the dams produce only modest amounts of power while causing enormous damage to rivers and fish populations. Two Yale professors propose to take down the aging dams; restore the natural ecology of the rivers; build solar farms in the drained reservoirs, and produce more clean energy at the same time. If only salmon could vote.
Undamming rivers with solar panels and free salmon
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