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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...
World Bank Pitches Mining to Drive Energy Investment in Africa
This article appears in the Spring 2015 edition of the Bretton Woods Observer In early February the World Bank launched a report...
Dammed, Displaced and Forgotten
People displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Dam in India. International Rivers When the World Bank planned the Ruzizi II hydropower...
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...
Mounting Evidence of Corruption in the Brazilian Dam Industry
Last Sunday, millions of citizens in dozens of cities throughout Brazil took to the streets to protest rampant corruption, erroneous...
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...
PR – Massive Corruption Scandal Implicates Brazil’s Amazon Dam Builders
Testimony from jailed operators of Petrobras scandal point to similar corruption scheme involving politicians and major construction firms FOR IMMEDIATE...
Attenuation of India’s Laws
There are two divergent views concerning the role of the environment ministry in India. One group seems to think it...