Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PAGE, ARIZONA - JULY 10: Hydroelectric power is generated by Glen Canyon Dam in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10, ...

For a state whose economy was built upon gristmills and sawmills, Vermont has made little new use of its rivers to power its burgeoning renewable-energy revolution. “It’s glacial,” says Lori Barg of ...