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Canada Had Designs on Being a Hydro Superpower. Now Its Rivers and Lakes Are Drying Up.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/canada-had-designs-on-being-a-hydro-superpower-now-its-rivers-and-lakes-are-drying-up-928ef721?st=491oaqeoz2furo4Canada bet heavily on hydro as a means of cleaning up its carbon footprint; it is the third-largest hydroelectricity producer in the world. But with the climate becoming markedly drier in recent years, Canada’s utilities are now investing hundreds of billions of dollars to diversify their grids, in some cases leaning on power plants fueled by gas or coal to meet mushrooming demand.
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