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Search results for "Hydro-Quebec" ...
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Hydro's Silence on Safety; Thinking the Unthinkable
After a violent storm exposed potentially life-threatening flaws in the world's biggest dam complex in Canada's Far North, this two-year investigation reveals the dam's Quebec-based owner concealed the damage when spending $100 million to quietly repair it. Neglect of the dam, which supplies up to 25% of New York and New England's electricity, resulted in severe losses from the 1998 storm.
Tags: Hydro-Quebec; Access to Information Commission; Tennessee Valley Authority; New York Power Authority; British Columbia Hydro; high-voltage; Cree Nation; Inuit
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The Price of Power
Hartford Courant examines the effects of Hydro-Quebec, a government-owned electric company that is reshaping remote Canadian north country to provide power; rivers are being diverted, reservoirs created, forests drowned, and the Cree Indians are saying goodbye to a way of life; related articles from dams affecting Native American lifestyles.
Tags: Dams; Hydro-Quebec; electric power; Native Americans