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  • Students’ Project Highlights Greenwashing Around the World

    Posted by Rebecca Kingdon on May 19, 2022

    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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  • The Invisibilized Costs of Hydroelectricity

    Posted by Rebecca Kingdon on November 25, 2021

    The pristine river systems of the world have been dammed for various purposes like irrigation, hydroelectricity, and storing water in reservoirs for drinking purposes. Hydroelectricity is generated by the…

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  • Belo Monte Dam has tripled greenhouse gases in the eastern Amazon

    Posted by Rebecca Kingdon on October 24, 2021

    Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River 2017, photo by Fernanda Brandt (CC)   Research published in the Science Advances journal shows that greenhouse gases in the eastern Amazon have…

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  • Groups Create San José Declaration Counter Statement

    Posted by Rebecca Kingdon on September 14, 2021

    Dam Watch International, along with environmental and social justice organizations from around the world are proud to publish the following statement countering the claims of the “San José Declaration…

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  • Hydropower is not a climate solution

    Posted by Rebecca Kingdon on August 25, 2021

    In August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their most incriminating report yet on the state of the global climate crisis. This…

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    Hydro-Power Projects Damaged in Himalayan Glacial Burst

    Posted by Rebecca Kingdon on February 8, 2021

    Photo source: The Indian Express On February 7th, a glacial lake outburst in Uttarakhand that washed away two hydropower projects: Rishiganga and Tapovan. Both of these were…

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  • Klamath River Dam Removal Update: A Win!

    Posted by Community Blog Author on September 15, 2020

    A newest update on November 17, 2020 shared that the dam removal project is finally going ahead, after a long and unexpected four month delay. This is…

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  • Dark side of Canadian hydropower exposed in U.S. International Trade Commission investigation

    Posted by Community Blog Author on August 26, 2020

    PRESS RELEASE from August 26, 2020 Contact: Meg Sheehan, Coordinator, NAMRAEmail: coordinator.namra@gmail.comPhone: US 508.259.9154 Dark side of…

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  • Greenwashing Hydropower

    Posted by Rebecca Kingdon on July 31, 2020

    By Andrea Sutherland, for Wa Ni Ska Tan Companies use terms like “clean,” “green” and “environmentally-friendly” to celebrate their environmental…

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