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200 More Brazilian Dams Could Fail
In the wake of the Algodões I Dam tragedy, a specialist who works for Brazil's National Water Agency has estimated...
Death Toll Rises in Brazilian Dam Failure
The death toll from the rupture of Algodões I Dam has risen to seven, with at least three other people...
Stealing from the World Bank - an Eyewitness Account
In a major departure from the past, World Bank President James Wolfensohn in 1996 identified corruption as the “cancer” of...
Victory: European Governments Backing Out of Ilisu Dam Project in Turkey
June 22, 2009 Germany, Austria and Switzerland will withdraw their export credit guarantees for the highly controversial Ilisu dam project...
Projeto de Belo Monte Prevê Reassentamento de 19 Mil Pessoas
Usina enfrenta resistência dos índios e pode reduzir muito a vazão do rio em época de seca O projeto da...
Fatalities as Northeast Brazilian Dam Bursts
Algodões Dam in northeast Brazil, weakened by weeks of heavy rains, burst yesterday afternoon, leaving the city of Cocal da...
Ibama's President and the Jirau Follies
Work on Jirau, one of two dams being built on the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon, ground to a...
Today a Rockstar Saved a Town
Today in Berlin, its all about Tarkan and Merkel. Tarkan, the biggest Turkish popstar is in town, and he is...
Giant "Dam Home Depot" Banner Flies Over Company's Annual Shareholder Meeting
Five Destructive Dams Proposed in Delicate Patagonia Wilderness by Home Depot Suppliers Home Depot Urged to Take Their $50 Million...
Cap-and-Trade Won't Cut It
"Cap-and-trade won't cut it, Pt.2," a segment on The Real News Network, features Payal Parekh speaking about the new Waxman-Markey...