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Organizers of Rivers for Life 3 in Temacapulín, México
Rivers for Life 3 was organized by International Rivers, three local partners and an international steering committee. Local Partners in...
South Africa
South Africa is by far the continent’s leading consumer of electricity. Its national utility, Eskom, controls nearly half of Africa’s...
Damming the Yangtze: Are a Few Big Hydropower Projects Better Than a Lot of Small Ones?
Originally published in Scientific American The proposed Xiaonanhai Dam would stand athwart the mighty Yangtze River some 30 kilometers upstream...
Independent Review Highlights the True Costs of Belo Monte Dam
The true costs of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Project, planned for the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, have...
Quick Quotes: Green Energy Plan for Mozambique
Because of this focus on power prices and large projects (and, typically, an avoidance of addressing environmental and social costs...
Call to Copenhagen: Hear Our Voices
Around the world, climate change is already melting glaciers that feed major rivers, drowing islands, feeding forest wildfires, and threatening...
Another dam on Zambezi is dangerous-Report
Originally published in Zambia Watchdog International Rivers Network has released a report condemning a Mozambican project that aims at putting...
The Right Climate for Green Energy in Mozambique
Light or water? That’s a choice Southern Africa could face in a few years if current plans to build more...
Crunching the Hydro Numbers 2009: Third Quarter Update on the CDM
Updates: The number of projects that entered the CDM pipeline increased slightly from the second quarter, although it dropped 14%...
Belo Monte: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
In a portentous voice, Brazil's Energy Minister, Edison Lobão, last week attacked "the demoniac forces that are pulling Brazil down"...