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Mekong Mainstream Dam Threatens Food Security of Millions

From September 2009 World Rivers Review A growing body of evidence reveals that the first dam planned for the lower...
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Public Hearings on Belo Monte Dam - Democracy or Hypocrisy?

Reports are coming in from journalists, activists, and public attorneys who participated in the public hearings on Belo Monte, organized...
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C.R.O.C. Website Exposing Offsets for the Joke They Are

A hilarious website that exposes the idiocy of offsets went live today. It is aptly called thecroc.org, with C.R.O.C. standing...
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California's AB 1404 Passes!

In a narrow 21-to-19 vote on Saturday, the California Senate passed AB 1404, which would strictly limit offsets in California's...
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Development: NGOs Question World Bank's Clean Energy Roadmap

The World Bank's 2010 World Development Report (WDR), released Tuesday, calls on the developed world to lead global efforts to...
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Tapping Local Green Power Could Light Up Mozambique

New Plan Shares the Wealth, Spares the Zambezi  From September 2009 World Rivers Review Mozambique is painting itself into a...
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Victory: Mexico's La Parota Dam Delayed Until 2018

For thousands of people living along the Papagayo River in Guerrero State in Mexico, the news that the destructive and...
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UN Suspends Another CDM Auditor - SGS

Lightening never strikes the same place twice…except when you're a CDM auditor with problems that just won't take cover. After...
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Audiência Pública Belo Monte em Altamira Marcada por Protestos

O procurador da República e o promotor de Justiça anunciaram que vão solicitar anulidade das atuais audiências, porque a prerrogativa...
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Dam Slaves

During Brazil's military dictatorship, critics of the regime referred to its "pharaonic" projects, including huge dams built as monuments to...