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Russian activists visit Oroville, tour dam facilities

Posted by: Maven on December 16, 2009 at 7:52 am

From the Oroville Mercury Register:

“OROVILLE — A group of Russian environmental activists toured the Lake Oroville Dam facilities and the Feather River Fish Hatchery Monday to learn more about socio-economic, safety, cultural and conservation mitigations for hydroelectric power generation dams.

Russia’s plan to double its hydropower by 2020 sparked the activism, along with plans to build two of the largest hydroelectric power generation dams in the world.

Last August, an accident at the largest hydroelectric plant, Sayano-Shushenskaya in Siberia, that killed 78 workers fueled the activists’ efforts.

Pacific Environment, an international environmental Non Governmental Organization based in San Francisco, hosted the Russian tours of hydroelectric dams and talks with indigenous people impacted by dams in California. … “

Read more from the Oroville Mercury Register by clicking here.

RELATED: Click here to check out the Boston Globe’s Big Picture gallery of the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam accident.

December 16, 2009 · Filed Under Northern California

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