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Governments and donors have announced their plans to move forward with the Grand Inga Dam on the Congo River, the world's largest hydropower project. Mega-dams have often been presented as silver bullets for the region's power crisis...
Sarawak Energy, state developer of the controversial Murum and Baram dams in Sarawak, barred a representative of dam-affected people from participating in a workshop organized by the IFC,...
I’m heading to the Tigris River next week with a bundle of recent news articles under my arm that sets the context for an upcoming international gathering of river defenders in Turkey.
Bay Area River People – it’s time to put on your dancing shoes, grab a few friends and join us as we revel in the glorious global beats and treats lined up for this year’s Rendezvous for...
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Representatives of dam-affected communities and international organizations from South America, the Middle East, Europe, the US and Africa blocked the entrance to the construction site of t...
Activists in Sarawak, one of Malaysia's poorest states, have denounced local government plans to build 12 hydro-power dams, which they say is an environmental disaster in the making that...
The world hydroelectric industry's decision to meet in a Malaysian state where dams have uprooted rainforests and native peoples is drawing bitter fire from environmental and tribal groups...
Berkeley/Pretoria: Governments and the World Bank plan to move forward with new mega-dams on the Congo River. NGOs warn this approach will repeat the failures of the past.
