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Addressing the Global Power Outage
Originally published in The Moscow Times on December 15, 2013 As you read this, a power outage is affecting much...
Aid Dollars Should Fund Renewables, Not Dams
As you read this, a power outage is affecting much of Africa and South Asia. After hundreds of billions of...
NGO letter to US Treasury Secretary on IDA 17
Letter from four US NGOs asking the US Treasury Secretary to support renewable energy, not World Bank dams More information...
Tell Governments to Support Renewable Energy, Not Dams!
On December 16 and 17, World Bank member governments will meet in Moscow. They need to decide whether to fund...
Briefing Paper on IDA 17 and Global Energy Finance
The World Bank fails to address the challenges of energy poverty and climate change. This briefing paper presents the case...
World Bank Funding Challenged Over Support for Mega-Dams
As the World Bank makes an effort to raise billions of dollars from donor governments for its IDA fund, civil...
Giving for Rivers
Here in the US, we’ve just celebrated Thanksgiving, a holiday of gratitude for the basics in life – nourishing food...
Memories of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, who passed away today, was one of my very few personal heroes. Through the...
Beehive Collective Buzzes with Creative Juices
From December 2013 World Rivers Review The Beehive Design Collective specializes in telling complex stories through fantastically creative graphic story...
River Stories, Storied Rivers
From December 2013 World Rivers Review Though the names are still magic – Amazon, Congo, Mississippi, Niger, Platte, Volga, Tiber,...