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Environmental issues with energy

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How ‘clean power’ dams actually damage the environment

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Hydroelectric dams are a great way to generate electricity, but that power may not be as clean as you think. Dams also disrupt ecosystems and species and can even pump methane into the atmosphere.

New effort to dismantle aging U.S. dams aims to improve wildlife habitats

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Removing Dams in Maine

Hungry Home Appliances

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Global Admission on Worldwide Warming

Not much is likely to be done before the 1996 U.S. Presidential election is over, but if President Clinton is re-elected, new signals from his cabinet are that the U.S. will work to have legal solutions to global greenhouse gas pollution emissions. Dan Grossman reports on Washington’s possible policy shift.

Coal Ash Controversy

Just over a year ago more than a billion gallons of coal ash slurry containing lead, arsenic and mercury spilled out of a Tennessee Valley Authority disposal site and into the Emory River. EPA vowed to revise disposal practices by the one-year anniversary

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Cool Fix For a Hot Planet

A listener has a new use for her dishwasher.

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Bright Ideas on Energy Efficiency

Negotiations between environmentalists and the lighting industry could end use of the wasteful incandescent light bulb- saving billions in electricity costs and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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Colorado Energy Tax

In Aspen and Pitkin county, Colorado, a new building code requires new homes to meet a strict energy budget. Homeowners who go over the budget by consuming extra energy have the option of installing a renewable energy system or paying a hefty tax to support energy-saving projects. John Ryan reports.