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Brazilian Construction Giant Odebrecht Withdraws from Peruvian Mega-Dam
For Immediate Release November 22, 2011 Lima, Peru: Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht announced yesterday that it would withdraw from a...
How I Learned to Hug a Dam Builder
During the last few days I attended an international conference on the nexus of water, energy and food security in...
Analysis of International Environmental Laws Implicated by Decision to Approve Construction of the Xayaburi Dam
Laos may violate five points of international environmental law if it proceeds with the Xayaburi Dam as proposed, according to...
10 Ways to Protect Rivers from Climate Change and Dams
Healthy rivers are critical for supporting life on Earth. They are especially necessary in light of the additional stresses that...
Comments on the Nam Ngum 5 Hydropower Project (Lao PDR)
Submitted to the China Environmental United Certification Center Co., Ltd. We are writing to express our concerns over the application...
Court Rules Against Indigenous Rights in Belo Monte Hearing
Decision violates Brazil’s Constitution and international human rights convention; appeal to Supreme Court expected Brasilia, Brazil -A district federal court...
Laos Uses New Report to Greenwash the Xayaburi Dam
Biased and incompetent Pöyry report makes mockery of Laos’ international obligations regarding the Xayaburi Dam Bangkok, Thailand: Ahead of a...
Review of the Pöyry Report on the Xayaburi Dam
In May 2011, the Lao PDR government hired Swiss engineering company Pöyry Energy AG to review the proposed Xayaburi Dam's...
Sidestepping Science: Review of the Pöyry Report on the Xayaburi Dam
Executive Summary The Xayaburi Hydropower Project in northern Laos is the first dam proposed for the lower Mekong Mainstream. The...
Belo Monte Dam Does Not Meet Equator Principles, Say Rights Groups
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brasilia, Brazil – The controversial Belo Monte Dam, slated for construction in Brazil’s Amazon region, does not...