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Murdered for Their Rivers: A Roster of Fallen Dam Fighters
The stories come to us one at a time. A woman’s body found in a trash heap. Two protesters shot...
The World Is Going Solar!
New investment in solar and wind energy is thriving at the cost of new hydropower dams. Our infographic illustrates exciting...
Have We Passed the Era of Peak Dam?
The wind and solar revolution helps to keep the Nu River free-flowing. Peter Ford This is Part I of our...
The World Bank’s Energy Lending Is Stuck In The Past
This is Part 2 of our three-part series on renewable energy solutions. Girl with a fish on the Salween River....
The Surprising Success of Micro Hydro
This is Part 3 of our three-part series on renewable energy solutions. Dipti Vaghela of the Hydro Empowerment Network. Switzer...
Drought: Hydropower's Achilles Heel
The Sobradinho reservoir in Brazil, during the worst drought in its history. Marcello Casal Jr/Agência Brasil Drought: The news has...
Introducing International Rivers' Next Executive Director
Kate Horner. IISD Reporting Service We’re thrilled to announce that after an extended search process, we have hired International Rivers’...
Are Mega Dams a Solution or Burden to Climate Change? | Eco-Business
A view of the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest dam, in the Yangtze River in China. The country is...
Indigenous Activists: In the Crosshairs of Development
Munduruku activist in Brazil When we learned that Berta Cáceres, a leader of the indigenous Lenca people, was murdered in...
Setting the World Bank President Straight on Large Dams
World Bank President Jim Kim On April 6, World Bank President Jim Kim addressed the Union Theological Seminary in New...