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Dams and Extinction: Going, Going, Gone

In a reversal of the animated movie Madagascar, all of the world's Kihansi spray toads suddenly found themselves living in...
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US Companies Favoring Efficiency Over Offsets

A few years ago, the latest green(wash) rage among the rich and famous was offsetting carbon emissions from air travel...
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Ethiopia's Hydro Plans Get Stuck in the Mud

On Jan. 13, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi inaugurated the Gilgel Gibe 2 scheme, the country's biggest hydropower project. "It...
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Ethiopian Dam Suffers Tunnel Collapse Days After Inauguration

A critical water-passage tunnel in the newly inaugurated Gilgel Gibe 2 hydropower project in Ethiopia reportedly collapsed this week.  ...
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CDM Auditing Process Cheats the Climate

Investigative reporter Mark Schapiro's most recent article, "Conning the Climate" provides an inside look into how Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)...
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Introducing the Day of Action for Rivers Intern 2010!

Greetings and Salutations! My name is Martina Plaza, and I am the new Day of Action for Rivers Intern here...
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Brasileña OAS proyecta invertir US$100 millones este año en el Perú

Brasileña OAS proyecta invertir US$100 millones este año en el Perú El Comercio – Febrero 3, 2010 Obras de Inambari...
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Avatar and the Damming of Planet Earth

The sci-fi epic Avatar has not only broken records at the box office, but also triggered a wide-ranging debate about...
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Going After Uganda's Big, Bad Dam Investors

A new short documentary by the Dutch group BothEnds offers a clear, concise “you are there” view of problems being...
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Fury as Amazon rainforest dam approved by Brazil

Brazil has approved the controversial construction of a giant hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon, defying a 20-year...