This video showcases a mini construction project focused on building a model hydroelectric dam. It explores the science ...

Explore the construction of a mini hydroelectric dam in this science project. The video provides insight into the engineering ...

The City of Seattle says a settlement reached to relicense its three Skagit River dams includes "substantial commitments to ... comprehensive fish passage and habitat programs, intended to increase ...

And, since Venezuela stopped oil shipments to Cuba under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump in January, Cuba has, with Chinese support, been prioritizing the construction of solar parks.

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

May a judge be considered a keystone species? If so, I nominate U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon, who issued an order on Feb. 25 that has far-reaching benefits for our threatened Columbia basin ...

Norway’s rockfill dams hold billions of cubic metres of valuable water in place high in the mountains. Behind every dam stands an extensive safety ...

For years, Seattle Public Utilities insisted its hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were not harming salmon.

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — In a stunning reversal, Seattle City Light has agreed to invest $979 million to build fish passage at ...

Brazil bet big on a mega river dam using old data, but climate change is leaving its massive turbines high and dry.

A federal judge in Oregon ruled late Wednesday that dams have to allow more water to pass through to save the salmon population, generating less hydropower ...

The Columbia River system already operates under some of the most protective fish measures in the nation ...,” said Public ...