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Press Release | Brazilian Government Cancels Mega-Dam on the Amazon’s Tapajós River
Brasilia, August 4, 2016 – Brazil’s Federal Environmental Agency (IBAMA) announced the cancellation of licensing for the polemic São Luiz...
PR | World Bank Suspends Support for Inga 3 Dam in the Congo
On July 25, the World Bank suspended its support for the giant Inga 3 Dam in the Democratic Republic of...
Sudanese Police Disperse Anti-dams Demonstration, Arrest Several Protesters | Sudan Tribune
A protest against destructive dams in Khartoum This article originally appeared in the Sudan Tribune on February 17, 2016. February...
New Hope for China’s Last Free-Flowing River
The Nu River in Ocrtober 2015Li Xiao Long According to several Chinese news sources, the government of Yunnan Province has...
Visionary Environmentalist Doug Tompkins Passes Away
Doug Tompkins and his wife Kris in PatagoniaTompkins Conservation Environmental activists in Chile and around the world mourn the passing...
World Bank approves funds to study Congo's Inga dam
Originally published by Reuters WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) – The World Bank’s board on Thursday approved a $73 million grant...
Groups Protest World Bank Support for Destructive Dams and Fossil Fuels
Civil Society Alliance Demands Clean Local Power for Poor Communities Demanding Power 4 People at the World BankInternational Rivers Washington,...
Nelson Mandela's Speech at the Publication of the WCD Report
Nelson Mandela honored the World Commission on Dams with a speech at the launch of the WCD’s final report in...
World Bank Response to NGO Letter on Mega-Dams for Africa
Response by the World Bank to the NGO letter of May 15, 2013, raising concerns and asking questions about the...
NGO Letter on the World Bank's Return to Mega-Dams in Africa
In May 2013, civil society organization and networks from Africa, Europe and the United States sent a letter to World...