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Friends of Nature Response to MEP’s Rejection of the Xiaonanhai Project
On 30 March 2015, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) released the Jinsha River Wudongde Hydropower Plant EIA Report Review...
Xiaonanhai – The Controversial Dam on the Yangtze that Will Not be Built
Yangtze River, International Rivers The Chinese government has valued a river more than a dam. In a recent decision –...
The Mekong River is Not for Sale
2015 International Day of Action for Rivers in Thailand Sunrise on the Mekong River I woke early, eager to catch...
Clean Energy: New Study Recommends Less Hydro for East Africa
This article originally appeared in ESI-Africa.com Kenya’s Olkaria Geothermal plant East African countries must diversify their energy mix beyond hydro...
PR – Development Banks Urged to Review Support for Mekong Dams, 10 Years After Nam Theun 2
Amsterdam/Bangkok/Manila/Prague/Tokyo – Non-governmental organizations are calling on the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and European Investment Bank (EIB) to...
PR – Protests continue against destructive Ilisu dam in Turkey
Batman, Turkey – Today more than 500 people have protested the destructive Ilisu Dam project in the town of Dargecit....
The World Celebrated Rivers on March 14
The Mekong is Not for Sale. Photo by Pai Deetes/International Rivers As the International Day of Action for Rivers Coordinator...
Hydropower Sector Eyeing a Revival in India
Disclaimer: This is a minority report from the “International Conference on Hydropower for Sustainable Development”, which I attended the first...
Rainwater Harvesting Pioneer Wins International Water Prize
Rajendra Singh. Wikimedia commons Today, Sweden’s King Carl Gustav presents the highly reputed Stockholm Water Prize to rainwater harvesting pioneer Rajendra Singh....
Hydropower and the Challenge of Climate Change: Foreign Policy
This article originally appeared in Foreign Policy Clean hydroelectric plants are meant to help the world fight global warming. But...