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Atlas Obscura<p>Lake San Cristobal in Hinsdale County, Colorado</p><p>Colorado’s second largest natural lake was created by a landslide.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=naturalwonders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturalwonders</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=lakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lakes</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-san-cristobal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lake San Cristobal</a></p>
Paul Houle<p>🛕 New dams call into question Cambodia’s commitment to REDD+ projects</p><p><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/new-dams-call-into-question-cambodias-commitment-to-redd-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2025/03/new-</span><span class="invisible">dams-call-into-question-cambodias-commitment-to-redd-projects/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cambodia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cambodia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a></p>
Canadian Association For Food Studies<p>Cultivating Community How discourse shapes the philosophy, practice and policy of water management in the Murray–Darling Basin</p><p>Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony <br>When: June 3, 2025, 7:00-9:30 pm <br>Where: And/Ore, 1040 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1H7</p><p>Details and tickets: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-cafs-social-book-launch-and-awards-ceremony-tickets-1278375047179?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.ca/e/2025-cafs-soci</span><span class="invisible">al-book-launch-and-awards-ceremony-tickets-1278375047179?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CAFS2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAFS2025</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ACEA2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACEA2025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adaptation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dams</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Discourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discourse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Draught" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Draught</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Farmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farming</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Did you know that fish use fish ladders</p><p><a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/adult-upstream-passage-west-coast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/</span><span class="invisible">endangered-species-conservation/adult-upstream-passage-west-coast</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fish</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Salmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salmon</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dams</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Ecological Restoration In The Yellow River Basin Enhances Hydropower Potential<br>--<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57891-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-578</span><span class="invisible">91-7</span></a> &lt;-- shared paper<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HEP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HEP</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydropower</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/YellowRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YellowRiver</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/YellowRiverBasin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YellowRiverBasin</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dam</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renewables</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/generation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sedimentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sedimentation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sediment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sediment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/reservoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reservoir</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydroelectricpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydroelectricpower</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Xiaolangdi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xiaolangdi</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/socioeconomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socioeconomic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watershed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watershed</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a></p>
Doug Bostrom<p>"White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said federal workforce reductions will ensure disaster responses are not bogged down by bureaucracy and bloat."</p><p>And thanks to <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/APNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APNews</span></a> we get a complete explanation of how and why that is complete bullshit, sourced from experts and not an ignorant shill.</p><p>AP is a nonprofit and a thin line dividing us from becoming herded cattle. Read the story, then find the donate button and do so if at all possible. </p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a><br><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/dams-fired-workers-electric-flood-control-irrigation-1369398af058b661d40ef6b68216c775" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/dams-fired-</span><span class="invisible">workers-electric-flood-control-irrigation-1369398af058b661d40ef6b68216c775</span></a></p>
cs<p>All <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dams</span></a> are Temporary <br>Practical Engineering </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/XiUOBdEUqjY?si=PU5X-ThWQ14eL67W" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/XiUOBdEUqjY?si=PU5X-T</span><span class="invisible">hWQ14eL67W</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The operators of electric grids in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewEngland</span></a> say they are still unsure whether the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> apply to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> imports from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, but they have filed plans w/ federal regulators to collect duties if they are ordered to do so. The 2 regions receive large amounts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hydroelectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydroelectric</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a> in Ontario &amp; Quebec, &amp; any tariffs would likely cause electricity bills to go up for households &amp; businesses.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Magazine<p>Czechia's €1m dam built for free by beavers: Here's where else they're doing good work.</p><p>A family of beavers made global headlines earlier this year when they built a dam exactly where authorities had been planning one in Czechia, saving taxpayers around €1.2 million.</p><p>Beavers are working wonders across Europe. Is the UK finally realising their potential?</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250301-czechias-1m-dam-built-for-free-by-beavers-heres-where-else-theyre-doing-good-work?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250301</span><span class="invisible">-czechias-1m-dam-built-for-free-by-beavers-heres-where-else-theyre-doing-good-work?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Beavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beavers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Czechia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Czechia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/CzechRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CzechRepublic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosystem</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a> is shrinking due to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, which means the nation's 2 largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reservoirs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reservoirs</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LakeMead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LakeMead</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LakePowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LakePowell</span></a>, created by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dams</span></a>, have reached record low levels in recent years amid a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/megadrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megadrought</span></a> spanning &gt;2 decades. If <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> levels fall much lower, they could lose the ability to generate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydropower</span></a> within the massive dams that hold them back, or even lose the ability to pass water downstream.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicDisservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDisservice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrinkingWater</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Public Enemy Exposed<p>The Dam levels are looking better (17.02.2025) - I want to see it after this week's, non-stop rains - I'm about ready to move to sunnier shores! <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WaterLevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterLevel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Vaal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaal</span></a></p>
Cara Bruar<p>My photo from 2013.</p><p>Cotter Dam on the Cotter River west of Canberra. After the drought and fires of the previous decade, the dam wall was raised to store more water to future proof Canberra&#39;s water supply.</p><p>During construction it rained heavily for months and created cracks in the concrete that had to be repaired at great expense. This is the end result. It has a brutalism feel although not really architecture I guess.</p><p>Not my best photo, for some reason all my shots are not level although I do try. I can&#39;t pass them all off as special effects. 😢 </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>canberra</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dams</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/brutalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brutalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/concrete" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>concrete</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="http://journal.eu-jr.eu/sciencerise/article/view/2995/2260" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">journal.eu-jr.eu/sciencerise/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/view/2995/2260</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DegradingCarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DegradingCarbonSinks</span></a> through <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>centralized</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/monopoliesandcartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>monopoliesandcartels</span></a> by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>apartheid</span></a> based <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SouthAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthAfrican</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Corruption</span></a> (reads like <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MississippiGoddam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MississippiGoddam</span></a>): Corruption accounts for the channeling of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/scarce" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scarce</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>public</span></a> funds to uneconomic and highly <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/capitalintensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>capitalintensive</span></a> projects, such as <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pipelines</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/refineries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>refineries</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dams</span></a>, and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/powerplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>powerplants</span></a>, at the expense of more necessary <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> projects, such as <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>electricity</span></a> supply, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hospitals</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>schools</span></a>, and roads, in addition to treasury looting, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bribery</span></a>, contract inflation, and brazen mismanagement.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/subsidiarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>subsidiarity</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RenewablesAreDeflationary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RenewablesAreDeflationary</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DERReducesConflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DERReducesConflict</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/waterislife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>waterislife</span></a></p>
Keith D Johnson<p>More pix from Slovakian <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/earthworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>earthworks</span></a> projects: <br />Checkdams are leaky <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dams" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dams</span></a> designed / installed to slow water down, capture silt / sediment, spread out &amp; sink <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> into the earth.</p>