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Lack of Private Sector in Belo Monte Consortium Signals Investor Concerns Over Financial Risks

Amazon Mega-Dam Deemed Unfeasible in Risk Scenario Analysis Brasilia, Brazil – This week's announcement detailing the members of the consortium...
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Civil Society Letter to California Air Resource Board

Chairman Nichols and CARB Board Members: On January 27, 2010, seventy state legislators, public health experts, labor leaders, businesses, and...
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Crunching the Hydro Numbers 2010: Second Quarter Update on the CDM

Update: The number of projects that entered the CDM pipeline increased in the first two quarters of 2010 (See Fig....
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Battle for the Xingu

Battle for the Xingu from Cultures of Resistance on Vimeo. Imagine if Hurricane Katrina was not a hurricane at all,...
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Devastating Floods Linked to Dam Bursts in Northeast Brazil

This is a guest blog by Amazon Program Intern Lilian Alves and Amazon Program Director Brent Millikan. The Northeast of...
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Key Findings on Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project Site Visit

1. Compensation for paddy fields, fruits trees, and cows and buffaloes has not been paid to Nakai resettlement families. 2....
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Laos turns to hydropower to be 'Asia's battery'

The Christian Science Monitor The Laos government is banking on hydropower – with plans to build 55dams – to sell...
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Protecting Rivers & Rights: World Commission on Dams Recommendations in Action

The most comprehensive guidelines for large dams that protect the rights of river-dependent communities were outlined by the World Commission...
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Ecological Destruction? ICBC Loan for an Africa Water Project Draws Controversy

Originally published in China Business News (Unofficial translation by International Rivers) "I have a savings card issued by the Industrial...
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Nuevo presidente de Chile enfrenta difícil elección sobre represas

Publicado en Eco-Américas Julio 2010 El gobierno de centroderecha del nuevo presidente chileno Sebastián Piñera está acercándose a su primera...