In the Media
International Rivers and our work are often profiled in mainstream media outlets. We interview with journalists and are frequently consulted for background information on news stories. We collect and republish articles that feature International Rivers campaigners, or offer thoughtful insight on our issues.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Devastating water shortages are putting a brake on economic growth and stirring political discontent but Beijing's high-spending responses to the problem have triggered widespread...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Story from Washington Post. The World Bank is making a major push to develop large-scale hydropower projects around the globe, something it had all but abandoned a decade ago but now sees...
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
The Nu's days as one of the region's last free-flowing rivers are dwindling. The Chinese government stunned environmentalists this year by reviving plans to build a series of hydropower...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The trampling of indigenous rights, military force used against protesters, impunity, megadams and environmental destruction. Is Brazil returning to the bad old days?
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Since the Nam Theun 2 hydropower dam commenced commercial operations in 2010, the World Bank and other proponents of the multi-billion dollar power project have trumpeted it as an economic...
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Friday, April 5, 2013
In Chile, the defense of Patagonia against plans for dams like HidroAysén has marked a before and and after in political campaigns and environmental struggles. Seventy-five percent of...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
A group of environmentalists, gender activists and international finance watchdogs are calling on the U.S. government to support calls for the World Bank to step back from a new...
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Friday, March 15, 2013
About 2,000 internally displaced people and villagers from the Wei Gyi area gathered yesterday at Ei Htu Hta Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp on the Salween riverbank to mark the...
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Audio originally posted by KALW. In recognition of the International Day of Action for Rivers, NPR station KALW hosted International Rivers' Patagonia Coordinator Kate Ross on the...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Through her own personal journey towards activism, Pianporn Deetes urges fellow Thais to help protect the natural resources in neighboring resource-rich countries, such as Laos, Cambodia...
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Voice of America interviews Katy Yan (International Rivers), Judith Schapiro (American University) and Kevin Tu (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) on the debate around dam plans...
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Friday, February 8, 2013
In 1975, after a period of rapid dam development, a perfect storm of factors came together to topple Henan Province's Banqiao Dam and kill an estimated 171,000 people. Today, on the cusp...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
The Turkish State Council has ordered an immediate halt to the construction of the Ilisu Dam in southeast Turkey. The massive dam being constructed on the Tigris River has drawn...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Up a sweeping jungle valley in a remote corner of Cambodia, Chinese engineers and workers are raising a 100-meter- (330-foot-) high dam over the protests of villagers and activists. Only...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
While I share your contributor Wasant Techawongtham's views in wishing ''nothing but the best for Laos and its people'' (BP, Dec 7, ''Illusory riches await Laos in its dam quest''), I...
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Monday, December 3, 2012
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has approved a 22.5 billion real ($10.8 billion) loan to build the Belo Monte dam in the eastern Amazon, prompting human rights and environmental...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: The consulting firm that gave Laos a green light for a controversial dam on the Mekong River, despite objections from downstream nations, is defending its role in...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Countries are struggling to agree over the use of the Nile's water, raising questions about cross-border resource management – and large dams being built in Ethiopia.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Huangdeng Dam on the Lancang, October 2012 International Rivers Originally published in Reuters BEIJING - The number of new hydropower projects in China could surge as the country's...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Ignoring criticism that a huge hydroelectric dam could irreparably damage the ecology of the Mekong River, the government of Laos said on Tuesday that it was pushing ahead with the...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Laos plans to start building a dam on the Mekong River this week, a step that neighboring Cambodia and Vietnam fear could imperil fish and cripple rice fields. The Xayaburi Dam is expected...
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Laos has given the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists. A formal ceremony marking the start of...
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Friday, October 12, 2012
This week Free Speech Radio News' Ron Corben reported on a four-year study recently released by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The study concludes that...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
China's 12th Five-Year Plan favors risky dams over climate resilience, despite a government report warning against reduced water availability and increased floods and droughts.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The massive hydropower dams built on the Zambezi River, the largest river system in Southern Africa, not only supply power to major economies in the region but also help mitigate annual...
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Monday, September 10, 2012
The controversial Jorethang Loop Hydroelectric Project on the Rangeet River in Sikkim, India http://www.renewbl.com Originally published in Daily New & Analysis A global attempt to...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
This article was originally published as a three-part series in The Island (August 26th-28th, 2012). Read: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.In an article published in Daily Mirror of 29.09.2011...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Following a Brazilian court order to stop construction, the company building the controversial 11,200-megawatt Belo Monte dam said Thursday that it was suspending all work on the project....
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
China relocated 1.3 million people during the 17 years it took to complete the Three Gorges dam. Even after finishing the $59 billion project last month, the threat of landslides along the...
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
This article was originally published in the Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — Lower Elwha Klallam people stood at their sacred creation site last month for the first time in nearly a...
