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Indian Environment Minister Confronts Activists Over Dams in the Northeast
“>greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately the meeting with Ramesh was extremely disappointing. He made no commitments to review the government’s policy...
Indian NGOs Urge China and India to Protect Himalayan Rivers
A group of 51 NGOs from northeast India are calling for a halt to build numerous dams on the Yarlung...
Victory! India Scraps Large Hydropower Project on the Ganges
For the third year in a row, one of India’s most eminent scientists, Professor AD Agarwal, has carried out a...
Scientist's Hunger Strike Halts Work on Himalayan Dam
This blog post appeared on http://peakenergy.blogspot.com in March 2009. The near-death of one of India’s most distinguished scientists has halted...
Pakistan on brink of "water disaster"
This article appeared on www.dailytimes.com.pk on January 15, 2009 By Iftikhar Gilani * Study by International Rivers predicts extreme changes...
Mountains of Concrete?
February 23, 2009 Ann-Kathrin Schneider This article appeared on www.chinadialogue.net The warming climate is changing the environment in the Himalayas faster...
Himalayas hydroelectric dam project stopped after scientist on hunger strike against the project almost dies
This article appeared on http://www.guardian.co.uk in March 2009. Eminent Indian professor calls off fast after government agrees to speed up...
More Himalayan Follies?
This article appeared on infochangeindia.org in April 2009. By Kannan Kasturi The new ‘United Nations World Water Development Report 3’...
Indians Protest to Stop Dams on Mother Ganga
March 2008 World Rivers Review For 15 days in January, hundreds of men, women and children marched across river valleys...