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Designing Low Carbon Electricity Futures for African and Other Developing Countries
Wind and solar resources are abundant throughout the world, but their dependence on uncontrollable factors such as weather has been...
Twelve Dams That Changed the World
The iconic Hoover Dam. Wikimedia commons Dams illustrate the brilliance and arrogance of human ingenuity. They generate one sixth of...
PR – ‘State of the World’s Rivers’ Project Documents Decline in Rivers From Dams
New ‘State of the World’s Rivers’ Project Documents Decline in Rivers From Dams FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley, US: Today, International Rivers...
Government Audit Finds Hydropower Aid Doesn’t Benefit the Poor
Protest against the Allain Duhangan Dam, a project funded with Norwegian aid. SANDRP No other industrialized country relies on hydropower...
PR – First Complaint to Dutch Development Bank FMO Admitted
Independent Complaints Mechanism to Examine Barro Blanco Dam in Panama FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Amsterdam: FMO’s Independent Complaints Mechanism (ICM) determined that...
Dam Tsunami in Balkans Threatens the “Blue Heart of Europe”
From June 2014 World Rivers Review The Balkans region of Southern Europe is famous for its Mediterranean beaches, past wars...
PR – Siemens Denounced for Damming Latin America's Future
German technology giant challenged at shareholder meeting FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Protestors outside Siemens Annual Shareholders Meeting in Munich. Photo courtesy...
International Organizations Call on THPC to Commit to Independent Monitoring
The following letter was sent to the Theun Hinboun Power Company from organizations based in Australia, France, Norway, the Netherlands...
World Heritage Committee Decisions in 2013
Below are summaries of all the decisions made on dam-threatened World Heritage Sites that were discussed at this year’s 37th...
Four Women, Three Countries, One Free-Flowing River
The Amur RiverBy Petr Sharov The Amur-Heilong River is one of the world’s ten largest rivers. Originating in the Khan Khentii...