DamNation: Freeing America's Rivers - Matt Stoecker

Coal and oil are often the focus of environmentally savvy lawmakers and campaigners seeking to reduce our country's carbon footprint. But one power-source is often overlooked as a polluter: hydroelectricity. DamNation is a film that documents the rise and fall of American dams, which producer Matt Stoecker says have outlived their usefulness. While dam power helped the United States quickly arm itself during World War II, they fill up with silt, evaporate water, emit methane, kill fisheries and produce energy less efficiently than other methods we have available. DamNation documents the rise and, hopeful, fall of dams in the country.