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The World Bank and Dams Part 2: Dispelling Myths of Nam Theun 2
Given its fraught dams legacy, the World Bank promised that the Nam Theun 2 Dam in Laos would serve as...
Does the World Bank's "Success Story" on Dams Still Hold Water?
The World Bank will hold its Annual Meetings next week in Lima, in the face of stiff competition from new...
How Hydroelectric Power May Undermine Brazil's Pledge to Slash Greenhouse Gases | Vice News
Brazil’s new pledge to slash its national carbon footprint by 43% by 2030 sounds like exactly the kind of aggressive...
River Guardian Myint Zaw
Social activist Myint ZawGoldman Environmental Prize To celebrate our 30th anniversary, we’re profiling one inspiring International Rivers partner each month....
Evaluating A Decade of Development Banking on Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Dam
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, September 29, 2015 Evaluating A Decade of Development Banking on Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Dam What: Public...
Press Release | Brazilian Indigenous Resistance Movement Wins Prominent UN Environmental Prize
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2015 2015 Equator Prize recognizes Munduruku efforts to defend the Tapajós River from new...
No Need to Cut the Planet's Arteries to Save Her Lungs
International Rivers welcomes today’s U.S.-China Joint Presidential Statement on Climate Change. We salute the increased focus on phasing out fossil...
Press Release | No Need to Cut the Planet's Arteries to Save Her Lungs
For immediate release: International Rivers welcomes today’s US-China Joint Presidential Statement on Climate Change. We salute the increased focus on...
More Than One Million Malaria Cases Each Year Due to African Dams, Study Finds
African reservoirs create perfect breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Scienstists Against Malaria I didn’t feel well during my visit to...
Brazil Threatens to Withhold Licence for Belo Monte Dam Over Mitigation Worries | The Guardian
Indigenous Munduruku men survey the quarry site for the Belo Monte dam.Taylor Weidman/LightRocket via Getty Images This article first appeared...