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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...
Activist Guides to Sinohydro’s Environment and Social Policies
To support local NGOs and communities understanding of the different standards and commitments applicable to Sinohydro projects around the world,...
US Congress Sets Strict Limits on Global Dam Funding
The World Bank-funded Sardar Sarovar Dam in India. Wikimedia commons Against all evidence of environmental destruction, widespread impoverishment and cost...
The Hidden Hand Behind "Natural" Disasters
Floods and droughts in many parts of the world are getting ever more frequent and intense. Scientists have long warned...
#GivingTuesday 2014 Success!
Thank you so much to everyone who donated to International Rivers on December 2, 2014 for #GivingTuesday. You came out...
Help Keep International Rivers Flowing on #GivingTuesday
Patagonia, ChilePhoto by International Rivers I’ll admit I had never heard about International Rivers until last year when my younger...
Tell Leaders at COP 20 – Large Dams Are Not Clean Energy!
Right now in Lima, Peru, leaders from 195 governments are debating how to solve the climate crisis–and many of them...
PR – International Conference Organizers Turn Blind Eye to Sarawak Energy’s Complicity in Environmental Destruction and Rights Violations
Communities affected by the Baram Dam and human rights groups protested outside the International New York Times Conference in Kuala...
A Health Check-up for Our Environment - Ignored at Our Own Risk
Chinese river dolphins. baijidolphin.weebly.com In the 1950s, thousands of Baiji river dolphins plied the waters of the Yangtze, Asia’s mightiest...
Climate Change: There is No Plan B, Because There is No Planet B
Article written by Javiera Espinoza, a Chilean geographer and environmental advocate with Fundación Terram. This article originally appeared in Spanish in...