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International Rivers Calls for Lessons to be Drawn from Three Gorges Dam
Fifteen years after construction began, the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam will reach its final height of 175 meters...
Call to Copenhagen: Hear Our Voices
Around the world, climate change is already melting glaciers that feed major rivers, drowing islands, feeding forest wildfires, and threatening...
Crunching the Hydro Numbers 2009: Third Quarter Update on the CDM
Updates: The number of projects that entered the CDM pipeline increased slightly from the second quarter, although it dropped 14%...
California's AB 1404 Passes!
In a narrow 21-to-19 vote on Saturday, the California Senate passed AB 1404, which would strictly limit offsets in California's...
UN Suspends Another CDM Auditor - SGS
Lightening never strikes the same place twice…except when you're a CDM auditor with problems that just won't take cover. After...
Western Regional Climate Legislation
As California and the Western US develop their own global warming programs, carbon offsets, and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development...
The CDM: Kyoto's Carbon Offsetting Scheme
International Rivers’ experience in monitoring CDM projects has shown many serious flaws in its theory and application. Project proposal documents...
California's AB 1404 Offsets Bill Hits the Senate Floor
Sometime this week, the California Senate is expected to vote on a bill that addresses the role of offsets in...
U.S. Climate Legislation
On May 21, 2009, the Energy and Commerce Committee approved H.R. 2454, “The American Clean Energy and Security Act” (ACES),...
Coalition Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer on Offsets
Chairman Barbara BoxerSenate Environment and Public Works Committee410 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Boxer: We respectfully ask...