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Congo River: Death by a Thousand Cuts?
A briefing paper by International Rivers finds that the Environmental Impact Assessment of the World Bank’s proposed Inga 3 Dam...
Letter from DRC NGOs to the World Bank on Inga 3
In January 2014, a coalition of Congolese NGOs called on the World Bank’s Board of Directors to reconsider the Inga...
U.S. Pushes for Outside Oversight of World Bank, Opposes Push Toward ‘Big Hydro’
Original article published by The Washington Post on January 24 The United States is demanding stricter oversight of World Bank...
Damocracy Screening at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Damocracy, a short documentary by filmmaker Todd Southgate, highlights the similarities between dam struggles on different sides of the planet...
Building Bridges
Building Bridges: Community-Based Renewable Energy Dense forest, bauxite red earth, and clear streams. A pre-sunrise orchestra of invisible birds...
Kayapo Courage
Original article published in the January 2014 issue of National Geographic BEPRÔ wears the beads and cotton-wrapped earrings that boys...
The World Bank’s $52 Billion Test
At a meeting with donor governments in Moscow, the World Bank raised a whopping $52 billion for its fund for...
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...