Dam Accounting: Taking Stock of Methane Emissions From Reservoirs
Mounting studies highlight greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs, and now a coalition of environmental groups has called for regulatory action.
big dam projects
Popularity of Big Hydropower Projects Diminishes Around the World
Cambodia joins a lengthening list of nations around the world that are reassessing big hydropower dams in an era when wind and solar power are less expensive, much easier to build, less damaging, and far less vulnerable to droughts and floods.
Dam on Ethiopia’s Omo River Causing Hunger and Conflict
In the lower Omo River Valley of southern Ethiopia, a spreading humanitarian emergency that threatens to spawn conflicts in the region is largely being met with silence…
Dam Ideology
When it comes to water, concrete trumps common sense.
Water Wars on the Way in Absence of a Steady State
The past century’s foolish management of water would not have happened in a steady state economy.
