{"id":9327,"date":"2018-03-16T20:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/?p=9327"},"modified":"2018-03-16T15:21:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:21:31","slug":"the-dam-truth-all-dams-are-dirty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/2018\/03\/16\/the-dam-truth-all-dams-are-dirty\/","title":{"rendered":"The dam truth (all dams are dirty)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9328 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM.jpg\" alt=\"Hydropower dams and diversions are not a clean, green energy source, but rather the only \u201crenewable\u201d energy source sending species to extinction, displacing people and exacerbating climate change.\" width=\"800\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM.jpg 800w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM-768x561.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hydropower dams and diversions are not a clean, green energy source, but rather the only \u201crenewable\u201d energy source sending species to extinction, displacing people and exacerbating climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.eu-email.patagonia.com\/?qs=625c10e3a0a19601762cfc1ee5ee25884efc84051f3f4437b207e78d671778591f98c84c2017dad50415db6ddbb5433d50ee6c1c059747f6aea1c36251c147d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9329 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM1.jpg\" alt=\"Hydropower dams and diversions are not a clean, green energy source, but rather the only \u201crenewable\u201d energy source sending species to extinction, displacing people and exacerbating climate change\" width=\"800\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM1-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM1-768x252.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9330 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM2.jpg\" alt=\"More than 3,000 hydropower dams and river-draining diversions are either proposed or in the process of being built on the wild rivers of the Balkans\u2014the last of their kind in Europe\u2014with almost half intended within sensitive protected areas.\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM2-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than 3,000 hydropower dams and river-draining diversions are either proposed or in the process of being built on the wild rivers of the Balkans\u2014the last of their kind in Europe\u2014with almost half intended within sensitive protected areas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9331 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM3.jpg\" alt=\"Save the blue heart of Europe\" width=\"800\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM3-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DAM3-768x380.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Save the blue heart of Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell international banks to stop investing in the destruction of Europe\u2019s last wild rivers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.eu-email.patagonia.com\/?qs=625c10e3a0a196016a221cb19a311f3e3cc3bc608af5115c321f160824595eaf43589c193bdba2828d54453251c8fab64fd27a7286c5b2ea4975c16401871a41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign the 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