Jun 15, 2021

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Bust the Dams!

From flooding to biodiversity loss, getting rid of our millions of useless dams will do great things for the nation’s infrastructure

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In staid New England, if a younger man drives onto the property of an elderly woman and threatens to knock something down, you expect pushback: an argument, a call to the authorities, and the subsequent removal of the…

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Bust the Dams!

From flooding to biodiversity loss, getting rid of our millions of useless dams will do great things for the nation’s infrastructure

More from Paul Greenberg

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