I include wave power in hydro (which might be incorrect), but I mainly mean dams and I don’t disagree that they’re also quite harmful.

In Brazil we have had a majority of our energy be generated by hydroelectric dams for a long time, which had a ton of negative side effects, including native lands and the historical ruins of a Christian commune getting flooded and submerged. I vaguely remember some new plans for another dam displacing some tribes too.

But at least the product of that destruction is bound by our battery technology to stay within our borders, which is my main (only?) issue with mining for nuclear fuel.