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Dam-Affected People Deliver Half a Million Signatures to Stop Belo Monte
Brasilia, Feb 8, 2010–Over half a million people, most of them Brazilians are calling on newly elected President Dilma to...
Developer Backing Out of Loan for Construction of Risky Belo Monte Dam
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil–After learning that the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) will not release funds from the $640 million...
Brazil Green Lights Amazon Dam Disregarding Environmental Laws and Local Opposition
New Dilma Government approves fast-track forest clearance and commencement of controversial Belo Monte construction site Brasília, Brazil (January 27, 2011)–The...
New Chinese Dam Project Fuels Ethnic Conflict in Sudan
The Sudanese government has contracted Sinohydro to build the Kajbar Dam on the third cataract of the Nile. The project...
Risky Business in the Amazon
New report reveals looming financial, legal and reputational disaster of Belo Monte, world's third largest dam project Brasília and São...
NGOs Call for a Moratorium on BHP Billiton’s Congo Smelter
International civil society groups have called on BHP Billiton to halt its plans for a US$5 billion aluminum smelter and...
Nam Theun 2 Inauguration Hides Real Costs of Controversial Project
More than 100,000 people continue to suffer project impacts Amidst much fanfare, French President Nicholas Sarkozy and senior World Bank...
Bishop Krautler Receives 2010 Right Livelihood Award for Protecting the Amazon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Outspoken Critic of the Belo Monte Dam in Brazil, Bishop Erwin Kräutler, Receives "Right Livelihood Award" for...
Investigative Report Exposes Fraudulent CDM Hydropower Project in China
Investigative Report Exposes Forced Evictions and Fraudulent Claims at Chinese CDM Hydropower Project A field visit by Germany's GEO Magazine...
Protests in 16 Countries Call for Mexico to Cancel El Zapotillo Dam
More than 30 activists peacefully demonstrated yesterday at the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco to demand the cancellation of El...