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Take action for the rights of indigenous peoples threatened by Belo Monte!
This past June during the Rio+20 Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff had the nerve to talk...
Artist is Batty for Rivers
From September 2012 World Rivers Review Rio Vista elementary student performs at the Rillito River Project’s Bat Night 2012. Photo:...
Itaipú Dam Reservoir Changing Microclimates in Brazil
From September 2012 World Rivers Review When one thinks of the climate impacts of large dams in the tropics, the...
Building Local Economies with Solar
From September 2012 World Rivers Review Innovative Models Help Poor Communities Light Homes, Grow Businesses Solar is the ultimate community-owned...
Norte Energia Suspends Work on Brazil's Belo Monte Dam (Dow Jones)
This article originally appeared on Fox Business Kids in Brazil asked for the stop of the Belo Monte Dam during...
China’s Nuclear Backlash Fosters Local Power
From September 2012 World Rivers Review When Ding Jie, a water program officer for Wuhu Ecology Center, travelled to Wangjiang...
Too Big Not to Fail: India Blackouts Highlight Need for Change
From September 2012 World Rivers Review The world’s biggest power outage, which struck northern and eastern India over two days...
WRR Commentary: A Shining Light
Commentary: September 2012 World Rivers Review As I write this, the failure of India’s electricity grid has created what surely...
Thousands being moved from China's Three Gorges - again (Reuters)
A labourer walks at a construction site where houses will be raised for people who will be relocated in Badong,...
Hasta la Victoria: La Parota Dam Cancelled
Families gathered by the Río Papagayo in solidarity against the construction of La Parota Dam for the March 14, 2011...