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World Water Day 2022 Student Event Recap
On World Water Day (March 22, 2022) students of the University of Manitoba in collaboration with Dam Watch International, organized and conducted an event – A Look Over Dams…
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Students’ Project Highlights Greenwashing Around the World
Fiona Lebar, Shaylyn Pelikys, and Eliza Maharjan, undergraduate students at the University of Manitoba, Canada, recently partnered with DWI to complete a course project on the greenwashing of hydroelectricity….
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Rejecting Dams as Climate Solutions at COP26
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) took place in Glasgow from 31st October to 13th November 2021. It is one of the most important climate summits…
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Call for Contributors: Run-of-the-River Hydropower Dams
Calling on researchers with particular knowledge and experience about so-called “run-of-the-river” dams to collaborate with Dr. Ian Baird and Dam Watch International on developing an in-depth article about how…
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Las Placetas Hydroelectric Complex Threatens Ecosystems and Communities in the Dominican Republic
The central mountains of the Dominican Republic- home to diverse flora and fauna and the highest peaks in the entire Caribbean- are under threat from the
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Canadian Senator Speaks on Behalf of Communities Calling for Accountability of Hydro
On December 14, 2021, Honourable Mary Jane McCallum spoke to fellow Canadian senators about the need to carefully consider the impacts of hydroelectricity in the context of…
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Proposed Lakhwar Project, India Will Affect at Least 50 Communities
The proposed dam involves a massive 204 m high dam on river Yamuna at a place called Lakhwar upstream of the Dehradun town with storage capacity of 580 Million…
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COP 26: A Double-edged sword for the territories of planet Earth
COP 26 has come to an end, the premier meeting on global climate change that was billed as the last chance to…
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