Against Quote by Arundhati Roy

We have over 30 dams in Puerto Rico, and I think only one works. We're here in the rain forest, and we have plenty…

— Eduardo Bhatia

Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.

— Stephen Ambrose

From being a dream, dams have become a very cynical corrupt enterprise; a way of letting governments lay their hands on huge sums of…

— Arundhati Roy

Though dams and artificial lakes can have significant negative environmental impacts, when carefully considered, mitigated, and managed, the benefits of hydropower often outweigh these…

— Seth Moulton

The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.

— Austin O'Malley

As long as there have been people in California, there have been people obsessed with California's water. Scientists say the state is at its…

— Chris Hayes

“Dams also tend to be built in remote areas which are the last refuge for species that have been displaced by development in other…

— Patrick McCully

I want to work in water resources, as I think creating a string of check dams and utilizing water better is far more cost-effective…

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants.

— Kenneth Lay

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.

— Arthur Golden

With irrigation channels and rivers running dry and municipal water storage dams reaching record lows, California's politicians are getting desperate for solutions to a…

— Marc Levine

Hydroelectric dams remain the way many poor countries gain access to reliable electricity, and both solar and wind might be worthwhile in some circumstances.…

— Michael Shellenberger