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Friday, January 18, 2013
Concern over corruption surrounding Malaysia's hydropower scheme and its lack of sustainability has prompted a warning to the dam industry lobby group about risks to its reputation.
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
The Turkish State Council has ordered an immediate halt to the construction of the Ilisu Dam in southeast Turkey. The massive dam being constructed on the Tigris River has drawn...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
The wind blows in from the river, mingling with the scent of the day's last meal in the kitchen. The smells of work and home for Valcione da Silva. He sits on a worn bench and watches...
In the Media
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Up a sweeping jungle valley in a remote corner of Cambodia, Chinese engineers and workers are raising a 100-meter- (330-foot-) high dam over the protests of villagers and activists. Only...
In the Media
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
While I share your contributor Wasant Techawongtham's views in wishing ''nothing but the best for Laos and its people'' (BP, Dec 7, ''Illusory riches await Laos in its dam quest''), I would...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Billionaire Andre Esteves’ Banco BTG Pactual SA is helping fund construction of a 29 billion-real ($14 billion) dam opposed by Amazon indigenous groups after Brazil’s two biggest non-state...
In the Media
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Monday, December 3, 2012
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has approved a 22.5 billion real ($10.8 billion) loan to build the Belo Monte dam in the eastern Amazon, prompting human rights and environmental...
In the Media
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: The consulting firm that gave Laos a green light for a controversial dam on the Mekong River, despite objections from downstream nations, is defending its role in...
In the Media
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Countries are struggling to agree over the use of the Nile's water, raising questions about cross-border resource management – and large dams being built in Ethiopia.
In the Media
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Huangdeng Dam on the Lancang, October 2012 International Rivers Originally published in Reuters BEIJING - The number of new hydropower projects in China could surge as the country's...
In the Media
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Ignoring criticism that a huge hydroelectric dam could irreparably damage the ecology of the Mekong River, the government of Laos said on Tuesday that it was pushing ahead with the...
In the Media
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Laos plans to start building a dam on the Mekong River this week, a step that neighboring Cambodia and Vietnam fear could imperil fish and cripple rice fields. The Xayaburi Dam is expected...
In the Media
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Laos has given the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists. A formal ceremony marking the start of...
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
MALAYSIA -- Sarawak Energy has distributed a factsheet on the Murum Dam in response to public criticism about ongoing human rights violations at the project site. We take a closer look and...
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Friday, October 12, 2012
This week Free Speech Radio News' Ron Corben reported on a four-year study recently released by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The study concludes that...
In the Media
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
China's 12th Five-Year Plan favors risky dams over climate resilience, despite a government report warning against reduced water availability and increased floods and droughts.
In the Media
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The massive hydropower dams built on the Zambezi River, the largest river system in Southern Africa, not only supply power to major economies in the region but also help mitigate annual...
In the Media
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Monday, September 10, 2012
The controversial Jorethang Loop Hydroelectric Project on the Rangeet River in Sikkim, India http://www.renewbl.com Originally published in Daily New & Analysis A global attempt to...
In the Media
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
This article was originally published as a three-part series in The Island (August 26th-28th, 2012). Read: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.In an article published in Daily Mirror of 29.09.2011...
In the Media
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Following a Brazilian court order to stop construction, the company building the controversial 11,200-megawatt Belo Monte dam said Thursday that it was suspending all work on the project....
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
China relocated 1.3 million people during the 17 years it took to complete the Three Gorges dam. Even after finishing the $59 billion project last month, the threat of landslides along the...
In the Media
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
This article was originally published in the Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — Lower Elwha Klallam people stood at their sacred creation site last month for the first time in nearly a...
In the Media
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Typically, at moderate sizes, power generated by dams and reservoirs is considered “green.” However, a new study from Washington State University has found that during times of drawdown — a...
In the Media, Video
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
In July, 2012, the United Nations ran a Web TV story on the Belo Monte Dam, including interviews with Juruna tribal leader Sheyla Juruna, and Arara tribal leader José Carlos Arara. The...
In the Media
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Friday, August 3, 2012
When she was a teenager, Pianporn Deetes told herself that she would never work for a non-governmental organisation because such roles require a lot of devotion in return for low pay. But,...
In the Media
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
A controversial hydropower project on the Mekong River is on the brink of causing regional conflict. The Xayaburi project in Laos is the first of 11 dams planned on the lower Mekong and...
In the Media, Video
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Nearly 1500 people used Rio's Flamengo Beach as a canvas on June 19, 2012.
In the Media
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
In a dusty gorge deep in landlocked Laos, work is underway on a project that could change South-East Asia forever.
Despite the protests of countries downstream and the warnings of...
In the Media
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The Burmese government has confirmed that Hatgyi Dam – one of seven on the cards for Burma's stretch of the Salween River – has been approved.
In the Media
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Saturday, June 30, 2012
A confrontation between the insatiable appetite for energy and the enduring need for habitability is under way in Brazil.
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