Dams are important. In California, they generate 15% of our energy. They also provide storage for much of our drinking and ...

A dam collapse at a Sino Metals copper mine triggered an environmental crisis along a major Zambian waterway in February.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region ...

This year’s extreme weather disasters have wreaked so much destruction that they collectively eclipse the annual GDP of more ...