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Fight Back Against Greenwash: A Guide on How to Engage with the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP)
Since 2011, the International Hydropower Association (IHA) has partnered with at least 13 dam builders, known as “Sustainability Partners,” to...
World Bank Pipeline Projects to Watch
Some proposed World Bank dam projects, and a selection of other proposed energy and water projects, excerpted from the World...
Lessons from the Goldman Prize Winners
2013 Goldman Prize WinnersPhoto courtesy of the Goldman Environmental Prize Last night I attended my sixth Goldman Environmental Prize Ceremony,...
Letter to the World Bank on climate change and dams for the revision of the Safeguard Policies
In April of 2013, we sent a letter to the World Bank and the U.S. Treasury signed by 24 international...
International Voices Unite on Day of Action for Rivers
Save the Tigris Campaign, Baghdad, Iraq In remote villages and large cities, along rivers and lakes, from New Zealand to...
Hydropower
Hydropower in numbers Water power has been used for grinding flour and other purposes since ancient times. The world’s first...
Submission Regarding Human Rights to the CDM
Submission on Views Regarding the Revision of the CDM Modalities and Procedures Pursuant to paragraph 10 of Decision 5/CMP.8, the...
Letter to the Editor: “Talking to the Experts: Can we improve the ESIA Process?”
Having worked as a river ecologist for over 40 years, including a number of years working in the lower Mekong...
U.S. Urged to Reject New World Bank Focus on Large Infrastructure
Originally published in Inter Press service (IPS) WASHINGTON, Mar 19 2013 – A group of environmentalists, gender activists and international...
Do Not Pass Go: The Failed Promise of Fish Ladders
From March 2013 World Rivers Review New research reveals that fish-passage facilities at US Atlantic Coast mainstem dams don’t work...