Mario Osava, IPS News. August 14, 2008. Often included among "clean" sources of energy, small hydroelectric dams have been constructed without proper consideration of their effects.
Doug George, Christian Science Monitor. July 15, 2008. Scientists may soon conclude that dam operations are risking the cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon.
Kathy Marks, The Independent UK. July 2, 2008. Twenty five years ago a band of protesters blocked the construction of a dam and their success inspired a generation of environmentalists.
Patrick Cunningham, Independent UK. May 31, 2008. Thousands of miles of the rainforest may be flooded because of dam likely to cause a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas emissions.
Aaron Sanger, International Relations Center. May 27, 2008. A consortium of gigantic transnational companies is hoping to turn one of the most pristine rivers in the world into three "hydropower" lakes.
Joe Nick Patoski, Texas Observer. February 28, 2008. With an environmental lawyer newly installed at the helm, the Lower Colorado River Authority charts a course between growth and good sense.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 16, 2008. Things have moved one step closer to the largest river restoration process getting the green light.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. July 2, 2007. A fight in the Pacific Northwest over what would be the largest dam removal project has drawn an incredible cast of characters.
Jacques Leslie, AlterNet. January 27, 2007. The battle over dams is at the core of worldwide conflicts involving water scarcity, environmental degradation, globalization, social justice, and the growing gap between rich and poor.
Bill McKibben, OnEarth Magazine. December 8, 2006. A review of author Jacques Leslie's new book, which lays bare the high environmental and social price that people in the developing world often pay for damming their rivers.
