COLUMBIA BASIN, WA. - President Trump is taking action to preserve the hydroelectric dams in the Columbia Basin area.In a memorandum signed on Thursday, June 13

Avista Utilities will reopen access to the Spokane River near the Post Falls Dam on Monday. SPOKANE, Wash. — Water lovers, get ready: Recreational access to the Spokane River in Post Falls reopens this Monday.

In celebration of the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, a group of Native American youths embarked Thursday on a kayaking descent of the Klamath River from its headwaters in Southern Oregon 310 miles to its mouth in Northern California — the first source-to-sea journey on the newly undammed river.

Latitude Power of Rockford is partnering with Studio GWA to develop a pilot project that will use hydroelectric generators to produce clean energy to power homes, with funding from Illinois' Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.

In response to the state Department of Environmental Protection’s decision to give FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. a water quality certification for its operations in Turners Falls and Northfield, two environmental advocacy nonprofits have joined others in the Pioneer Valley in filing an appeal with MassDEP’s Office of Appeals and Dispute Resolution.

A forum to discuss the New England Hydropower Company’s plans for a new hydroelectric facility at the Manville Dam last week quickly grew contentious, as Blackstone River advocates

This file photo from May 2024 shows the Manistee River flowing through Tippy Dam in Manistee County. The renewable energy facility is among those owned by Consumers Energy, which may be selling its fleet of 13 hydroelectric dams. (Garret Ellison | MLive) Garret Ellison

President Trump signed a memo intended to save the lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington on Thursday, reversing Biden administration actions that helped su