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PR – Don Sahong Dam Construction Must Stop While Regional Deliberations Continue
For Immediate Release On Friday June 19, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) issued a press release announcing that resolution of...
China’s Global Dam Builders: Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk?
In recent years, the global hydropower market has changed dramatically. Once the province of Western firms, these days large new...
PR – The Mekong River Commission’s Silence on the Don Sahong Dam Must End
For Immediate Release Bangkok, Thailand: The Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) Joint Committee, made up of representatives from all four lower Mekong...
Wind and Solar Power Are Taking the Lead
Dam builders like to claim that hydropower is the world’s largest source of renewable electricity. After a century-long head start...
Amazonian Tribe Brings Struggle to International Stage
When Brazilian energy planners proposed to choke the Amazon’s Tapajós River and its tributaries with dozens of large hydroelectric dams,...
Bhutan Rivers Watch
Bhutan, a country of less than one million inhabitants, is a mostly highland nation keen on holding onto its ancient...
How the Inga Dams Are Holding the Congo’s Energy Future Hostage
The Inga 1 and 2 dams on the Congo River. Encyclopedia Britannica World Bank and government officials like to describe...
Broken Homes and Dry Springs
Assessment studies for dam and hydropower projects in India attempt to look closely at the impacts of river-inhibiting civil works,...
Time to Scrutinize 'Win-Win' Mega-Dams
Reposted from The Nation (28 May, 2015) For those living in the bustling urban centres of Thailand, the mantra that...
Letter to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China regarding to Gibe 3 project
Mr. Jiang Jianqing Chairman and Executive Director, ICBC No.55 FuXingMenNei Street, Xicheng District Beijing 100140, China May 13 2015 Concerns...