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Bujagali Dam Seriously Flawed, Say African Bank Inspectors

First investigation by African Development Bank panel finds dam studies minimized climate change risks, impacts to Lake Victoria, resettlement costs,...
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The Great Carbon Offset Swindle: International Rivers Report Deconstructs the Scam

The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, the world’s biggest carbon-offset program, is utterly failing to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions....
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New Hydropower Dam for Burma’s Military Capital to Displace Thousands

Over 3,500 people, including many ethnic Kayan, will be displaced by a new dam being built in the Pyinmana Hills...
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Free with 84 Lumber Wood Products: Controversy from Chile

Pennsylvania Company’s Chilean Wood Buying Threatens Two Pristine Rivers One of Pittsburgh’s best known corporate citizens, 84 Lumber Company, has...
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Judge Suspends Studies for Amazon Dam: Legality of World's Third Largest Dam Project Questioned

A Brazilian federal court judge issued a restraining order on Wednesday, April 16 suspending technical and economic feasibility and environmental...
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Atlanta Earth Day Performer to Home Depot: You Can Do It. We Can Help.

“Cows with Guns” country singer Dana Lyons Urges Atlanta-based Company to Cut Ties with Controversial Chilean Dam Plan. Over 10,000...
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Theun-Hinboun Dam Nightmare Revealed: Resettlement Plan and EIA Riddled with Flaws

Norwegian-backed project will plunge 50,000 Laotians into Deeper Poverty The Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project’s resettlement plan and environmental impact assessment (EIA)...
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International Rivers Board Member, Robert Hass, Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

International Rivers heartily congratulates our board member Robert Hass for winning the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The prestigious prize...
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Amazon Indians Rally to Oppose Xingu Dams in May: Journalists Invited

Press Advisory One Thousand Amazon Indians will Rally to Oppose Xingu Dams: Journalists invited to Mass Gathering of Indigenous People...
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International Campaign Targets Companies Threatening Patagonian Rivers

Environmental Irresponsibility: Chile's Matte Group and Italy's Enel International Rivers today publicly launched new pressure tactics against Italian and Chilean...