Water is renewable. A river is not.

Hydropower, a 19th century technology, has been run for generations without modern environmental protections. The impact has been devastating. The good news is that we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity on many rivers to change that legacy for the better by changing the way dams operate.

Healthy rivers are economic assets for neighboring communities and they are part of the natural resource legacy we hand to our children. We can have a strong economy, a reliable energy supply, and healthy, restored rivers, but we have to insist that power companies do their share.

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