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AFP: Malaysia Hydropower Meeting to Open Amid Controversy
SARAWAK, MALAYSIA – The world hydroelectric industry’s decision to meet in a Malaysian state where dams have uprooted rainforests and...
Malaysia: Authoritarian Leader Lures Investors With Promise of “Responsible” Dams
Photo by: SAVE Rivers Network The Malaysian state of Sarawak is the new star of the global hydropower industry. Located...
Update from the Amazon: the Struggle Continues
Late at night on May 8, a federal judge declared that the peaceful protestors from seven Amazonian indigenous groups could...
Chinese Hydrodam Remains a Concern, Mystery to Locals
Originally published in VOA Khmer KOH KONG – Villagers in the coastal province of Koh Kong say they are being...
Sarawak Dams Contrast Best Practice at Industry Congress
Indigenous communities protest outside the IHA congress on May 22. As leaders of the global hydropower industry gather in Sarawak,...
World Bank Turns to Hydropower to Square Development with Climate Change
This article originally appeared in The Washington Post World Bank President Jim Yong Kim attends the Fragility Forum this month...
Update From the Amazon: Dam Workers In Solidarity With Protestors
Workers living at the Belo Monte construction site support the protestors. They gave dozens of testimonials about problems living at...
Indigenous Peoples Launch New Occupation on Belo Monte Dam Site
Seven tribes from the Xingu and Tapajós rivers protest violations of right to prior consultation in construction of Amazonian dams...
Images from the Amazon at the Belo Monte Protest
Hundreds of people from the Xingu and Tapajós river basins began an indefinite protest of the main construction site of...
Dams in the Amazon: the Rights and Wrongs of Belo Monte
Having spent heavily to make the world’s third-biggest hydroelectric project greener, Brazil risks getting a poor return on its $14...