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19% of India's Global Warming Emissions From Large Dams
Latest scientific estimates show that large dams in India are responsible for about a fifth of the countries' total global...
Burma's Salween Dams Threaten Over Half a Million Lives Downstream
Over half a million city residents, farmers, and fisher folk living at the mouth of the Salween River in Burma...
Open Letter Calling for Plans for Don Sahong Dam to be Abandoned
Open letter from 28 Non-Governmental Organizations to the Lao PDR Government, the Mekong River Commission and the Governments of Thailand,...
World Bank Ignores Inconvenient Truths in Approving Bujagali Dam
The World Bank’s approval today of $360 million in loans and guarantees for Uganda’s Bujagali Dam was based on a...
Letter to World Bank: Outstanding Concerns on Bujagali
Kathy Sierra Vice President for Sustainable Development The World Bank 1818 H Street NW Washington, DC 20433 Dear Ms. Sierra:...
Analysis of "Bujagali II - Economic and Financial Evaluation Study - Final Reports" by Power Planning Associates
The stated purpose of the study by Power Planning Associates, which was commissioned by the World Bank Group, is to...
History Repeats Itself in Laos: ADB’s Flagship Hydro Project Goes Awry
An article by Aviva Imhof in Bankwatch, published by the NGO Forum on the ADB, examines Nam Theun 2’s failings...
Can We Have an Open Discussion About Electricity? Please Leave Your Guns at the Door
Opinion piece by Dr. Chris Greacen published in the Bangkok Post that highlights shortcomings in Thailand’s energy planning process and...
IRN Comments on Nam Song and Nam Leuk Environmental Mitigation Implementation Plan
IRN comments on the long-overdue mitigation plan for Nam Song and Nam Leuk, to be funded by the Asian Development...