Parem com a inundação intencional da nação Cree O-Pipon-Na-Piwin

Em 1974, a corporação da coroa Manitoba Hydro inundou as terras da Nação O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree / Lago Índio do Sul, quando eles desviaram o rio Churchill para gerar energia…

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New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC)

The North American Megadam Resistance Alliance (NAMRA) is currently working to fight the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) transmission corridor in Maine (also known as the CMP Corridor). As planned, this corridor would bring hydropower from Canada (Hydro-Quebec) to Massachusetts at an estimated cost of $1.8 billion to help the state meet their “clean energy” goals. This line would cut through the State of Maine to deliver this power, disrupting ecosystems such as forests, ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers while bringing no real benefits to those living in Maine. This corridor will serve as a financial pipeline for continued megadam destruction in Canada. To get involved in this campaign, please email: coordinator.namra@gmail.com or info@damwatchinternational.org.

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Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE)

The North American Megadam Resistance Alliance (NAMRA) is also currently working to fight the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE). This transmission corridor would bring Canadian hydropower to New York City to help them meet their “clean energy” goals. The transmission corridor is now being touted by NYC politicians as an economic stimulus which will help the state recover from the economic crisis caused by Covid-19; however, according to CHPE’s 2014 Environmental Impact Statement, the corridor will only create 26, direct, full time jobs and up to 300 temporary construction jobs. The corridor will cost an estimated $3 billion and will serve as a financial pipeline for continued megadam destruction in Canada. To get involved in this campaign, please email: coordinator.namra@gmail.com or info@damwatchinternational.org.

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Klamath River Dam Removal

Original blog post by Bruce Shoemaker for International Rivers is available here After years of campaigning by tribal and environmental groups, there is an incredible opportunity to remove four dams on the Klamath River in southern California and northern Oregon. This has the possibility of being the largest proposed dam removal project to date world-wide, which could provide a key example for other opportunities to free dammed rivers. To date, the Klamath dams have severely impacted salmon numbers, produced toxic blue-green algae, and greatly impacted the livelihoods and cultures of tribes. The four aging dams are currently owned by billionaire Warren Buffet via PacifiCorp. An agreement was made in 2016 between the company, impacted Tribes, California and Oregon, federal agencies, and other organizations to begin the dam removal process. This involved transferring the ownership to the non-profit Klamath River Renewal Corporation, which is to be responsible for dam removal and related restoration. Removal costs are to be paid for by $250 million in public money from the State of California and another $200 million collected from PacifiCorp ratepayers through a special surcharge. This pact required the approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In July, after an extended review, FERC approved the majority of the agreement with a key exception–PacifiCorp does not get to walk away from all liability. In many ways this is a positive precedent –implying that the public interest is not served by allowing a utility to make a fortune off an environmentally damaging dam and then being able to walk away with no residual liability. However, PacifiCorp is now starting to stall. Warren Buffett and PacifiCorp are in a position to simultaneously do something extraordinary for one of the great rivers of the West and help right a longstanding environmental injustice while making a very prudent financial decision for their ratepayers and shareholders. PacifiCorp needs to stop delaying and accept the conditions laid down by FERC—now. We need your help to ensure the timely removal of the Klamath River dams. The more people Warren Buffett and his companies hear from on this issue the better. HERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP: Sign the online petition to Warren Buffett HERE For more impact, write your own individual letter to Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (contact info below) asking them to have PacifiCorp accept the FERC agreement and proceed with the dam removal process without further delay. Warren E. Buffett, CEO Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 3555 Farnam Street Omaha, NE 68131 berkshire@berkshirehathaway.com More information from Bruce Shoemaker for International Rivers is available here

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Save the Teesta

  Teesta River, is a 315 km (196 mi) long river that rises in the eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal through Bangladesh and enters the Bay of Bengal. Teesta River is a crucial part of the state, culturally extremely important to the people of Sikkim, revered as one of the deities of the land. The land itself holds caves, mountains, lakes and rivers that are objects of worship for the people of Sikkim, mainly the indigenous Lepcha people. Located in the northwest of Sikkim, since early 60’s Dzongu has been reserved for the Lepcha community and borders the Kanchendzonga Biosphere Reserve. The river is considered by the government as a literal “white-gold mine” and the vast hydropower resource has a potential estimated to about more than 6000 MW in power and thousands of crores (10 million) in capital (rupees). Affected Citizens of Teesta, is a forum which consisted mainly of indigenous Sikkimese (Lepchas) have been advocating and fighting against the hydropower projects since early 2004, since the proposal of hydropower projects and dams near Dzongu. The hunger strike that went on in 2007, 2008 and 2009 which was historic in Sikkim led by ACT against the instalments of big Dams in the local rivers spoke in volumes that led the charge. After the long period of strike, the government decided to scrap 4 projects of the 6 most destructive ones in Dzongu. 510 MW Teesta HEP stage IV and the Panam HEP 300 MW was withheld for many years. The new government formed in Sikkim has announced the supposed approval of the Stage IV dam. To save the last free-flowing, untouched stretch of Teesta, the campaign Save Teesta has started. To get involved in this campaign, visit: Affected Citizens of Teesta- new blog website Affected Citizens of Teesta- old official website  Save Teesta- Facecbook page To listen to more stories about the Teesta River and its significance, follow the video links below: The Story of the Muun- Female Shamans of the Lepcha People   Voices of Teesta: Whose River is it?

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