{"id":6388,"date":"2011-01-28T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/?p=6388"},"modified":"2023-11-15T11:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:59:55","slug":"chercher-le-courant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/chercher-le-courant\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for the current: a final expedition on the Romaine River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:fr--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The film <em>Look for the current<\/em> is a documentary by Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere with Roy Dupuis which takes us, for one last time before it is destroyed by a hydroelectric complex, to the Romaine River. In 2008, they descended the Romaine in a canoe as Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec prepared to build four hydroelectric dams there. The co-founder of Fondation Rivi\u00e8res, Roy Dupuis, and the filmmakers tour Quebec to meet energy specialists who explain the environmental and economic advantages of new technologies, as alternatives to hydroelectric dams.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch <em>Look for the current<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Seeking the Current, 75-minute version\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RcNBHoaGzNs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Public consultation on energy<\/h3>\n<p>In July 2013, the Quebec government announced that a public consultation on energy would take place from September 4 to October 11, 2013 across Quebec.<em> Look for the current<\/em> invites us to reflect on Quebec&#039;s future energy policy. It is therefore intended to be an inspiration and encouragement to citizens who wish to take part in this important democratic process.<\/p>\n<h3>A report on the Romaine hydroelectric development project<\/h3>\n<p>In 2008, Fondation Rivi\u00e8res submitted a brief to the Office of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE) concerning the hydroelectric development project on the Romaine River.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--:--><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p><!--:--><!--:en--><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/memoire-projet-damenagement-hydroelectrique-riviere-romaine\/\" style=\"background-color:#00a7e9\"><strong>Our memory<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chercher le courant is a documentary by Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis de Gheldere, starring Roy Dupuis, that takes us down the Romaine River one last time before it is destroyed by a hydroelectric complex.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,38,57,189,69],"class_list":["post-6388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides-et-conseils","tag-culture-et-communautes","tag-documentaire","tag-hydroelectricite","tag-la-romaine","tag-mobilisation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}