Friends of Sebago Lake has started a collection of newspapers articles, letters, and statements by scientists about the many impacts of dams and flow regulation. The collection has a focus on Canadian hydropower, silencing of Canada’s scientists and showcasing the ability of a senior Canadian scientist Dr. Hans Neu to explain the dangers of the mega dam projects on the ocean fisheries and climate change.
There was a recent article published by Maine Public News and the Bangor Daily News by Fred Bever. In this article scientists from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and Bigelow Labs disagreed with our statements in recent editorials in the Portland Press Herald and the Bangor Daily News.
Our goals for this collection is for concerned citizens to better understand what scientists in Canada and other parts of the world were stating about hydropower and flow regulation impacts. It is also important to understand why there is a lack of information. One reason is because of government and corporate silencing and prevention of scientific research. We hope this collection of research will promote freedom for scientists to once again study in an unbiased manner the impacts of these dams and flow regulation.
Canadian Scientists Silenced
HYDRO DAMS BLAMED FOR DECLINE IN FISH STOCKS– FACT SHEET BY STEPHEN M. KASPRZAK FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Information office to probe ‘muzzling’ of federal scientists– Montreal Gazette April 2, 2013
Scientist Studying Great Whale gives Ottawa a damage report– Montreal Gazette Nov 28, 1991
Gagged’ Scientist’s Study may show hydro power as polluting than coal– Montreal Gazette Oct 11, 1991
Court rejects federal assessment of Quebec power project- Ottowa Citizen Nov. 21, 1992
Muzzled salmon biologists lab faces funding woes as a result of Treasury Board ruling-Vancouver Sun August 22, 2011
Hydro-Quebec hires crisis-team PR firm– Vancouver Sun October 10, 1991
Science abandoned, scientists muzzled-The Leader Post Jan 10, 2014
Federal scientists silenced by government gag order-The Ottawa Citizen March 26, 1986
Dr Hans Neu Warnings of Hydro Dams and Flow Regulation Impacts
A Study on Mixing and Circulation in the St. Lawrence Estuary up to 1964– Atlantic Oceanographic Laboratory Bedford Institute
Runoff Regulation for Hydro-power and its Effect on the Ocean Environment- Hydrological Sciences-, XXI, 3 9/1976
Dams stop nature’s way on mighty rivers– Calgary Herald February 25, 1974
Hydrology expert gives hydro power some dirty looks-Edmuntan Journal February 26, 1974
Environment Studies Ignored By Government– Nanaimo Daily News January 8, 1973
Man-Made Storage of Water Resources– A Liability to the Ocean Environment? Part I-Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 7-12, 1982
Man-Made Storage of Water Resources– A Liability to the Ocean Environment? Part II– Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 44~.7, 1982.
Dam Problem– Ottawa Citizen July 18, 1994
Water Diversion Risky, NRC Scientist Warns– Ottawa Journal April 15, 1966
Water Diversion-Ottawa Journal April 23, 1966
Hydro impact unknown- Ottawa Journal January 8, 1976
Hydro dams blamed for decline in fish stocks-Sherbrooke Record February 8, 1977
James Bay seen as test on the environment– Star Phoenix January 8, 1976
Hydro dams may limit fish stock-Star Phoenix January 27, 1977
Environment Studies Lacking-Times Colonist Jan 6, 1973
Hydro Dams and Flow Regulation Impacts on Ocean Thermohaline Circulation
Fresh water in ocean may alter Europe’s climate– Argus Leader Sioux Falls April 6, 2011
Could global warming produce big chill?– Boston Globe Oct 1, 2002
East Coast fishery needs ‘Marshall Plan’– Calgary Herald Dec 7,1993
Scientists unsure why cold invading cod area– Calgary Herald Dec 7,1993
Nearing a Point of No Return?-Hartford Courant Jan 30, 2006
El Nino a weakling compared to thermohaline– Leader Post Regina Saskatchewan April 18
The big chill– Montreal Gazette Oct 5, 2002
Move over, El Nino: Here are the true giants– Ottawa Citizen March 15, 1998
Abundant Arctic fresh water could alter Gulf Stream-Paducah Sun April 6, 2011
Global warming slowing down circulation of oceans- The Monitor, Texas. March 24, 2015
Dr Rozengurt and Other Scientists on Dam and Flow Regulation Impacts
Don McAllister to Dr Rozengurt– http://deltacouncil.ca.gov
US soundings– Guardian Nov. 26,1997
Native people can’t survive assault on the North-Montreal Gazette March 23, 1991
Dwindling Diatoms– Santa Maria Times Oct 4, 2015
Oceanographic Institute Is Built in Nova Scotia– Calgary Herald July 27, 1962
Power project worries conservationists– Calgary Herald November 4, 1971
Choppy waters for great whale?– Montreal Gazette October 16, 1993
Environmental study on Great Whale hydro project is due next week– Montreal Gazette August 27, 1993
Federal official questions Hydro’s environmental record– Montreal Gazette January 1990
James Bay project: hoodwink public, destroy environment-Montreal Gazette Sept. 20, 1973
Probe questions business ethics of hydro deal– Ottawa Citizen December 20, 2005
Ontario New Florida If Hudson Dam Built– Ottawa Citizen July 1, 1952
‘Bureaucrats sabotage scientists’– Ottawa Citizen June 21, 1997
James Bay power project could start climate changes-Ottawa Journal September 15, 1971
Drop In Acid Rain Altering Appalachian Stream Water– December 19, 2006
Indians fight for wilderness– Montana Standard January 27, 1973
Canada’s Oceanographic Fleet Underway– Montreal Gazette August 21 1961
Damming the northern rivers-Montreal Gazette October 5, 1991
Dam problem– Ottawa Citizen July 18, 1994
James Bay plant: what cost to nature? -Ottawa Journal October 26, 1971
Tidal power dams feared threat to Coastal Maine– Star Phoenix June 2, 1981
James Bay seen as test on environment– Star-Phoenix January 8, 1976
The Great Whale review and the federal government’s disappearing act
Biologists plan watchdog role when environment menaced-The Province -Vancouver Janary 8, 1973
Environmental monster feared by some scientists– Vancouver Sun October 10, 1991
U.S. studies Fundy project-Windsor Star July 20, 1982
Inside Hydro’s zap lab-Montreal Gazette February 28, 1998
Hydro scientist fed up with covering for his bosses, pollution fighter says-Montreal Gazette Oct. 11,1989
Hydro official rips premier on James Bay– Montreal Gazette October10, 1989
‘White man will destroy everything we have’– Ottowa Journal February 17, 1973
Oceanographic Institute Is Built In Nova Scotia– Calgary Herald July 27, 1962
Power project worries conservationists– Calgary Herald November 4, 1971
Federal official questions Hydro’s environmental record– Montreal Gazette January 1990
James Bay project: hoodwink public, destroy environment-Montreal Gazette Sept.20, 1973
“Running on Empty“- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Brief Closing for the San Francisco Bay Delta Hearing on February 1, 1988
Review of “Analysis of influence of water withdrawals on runoff to the Delta – San Francisco Bay ecosystem” – Luna Leopold
Agonizing Coastal Sea Ecosystems: Understanding the Cause; placing the blame-Michael A. Rozengurt, Ph.D., P.H.
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE– by Michael A. Rozengurt & Michael J Herz
REDUCED EXPORTS PLAN– May 2012
The Sixth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment– MEDCOAST 03, October 7-11, 2003, Ravenna, Italy, Volume 2
A voice in the desert wilderness– Lloyd Carter, 07/01/2013
About multi-billion dollars water coveyance planning construction
Letter “RE: H.R. 1837 (Nunes)– State of California Office of the Attorney General, Kamala D Harris, Attorney General, February 27, 2012
Truth– info on two reports
SF State Scientists to Testify at Water Hearings, and email thread– Michael A. Rozengurt & Michael J Herz