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Cross currents: Mega-dams and micro-hydro offer two different futures for rural Borneo

Kenny Gotlieb 20 Sep 2017

Protest against hydropower plant in Sumatra ends with injuries

Ayat S. Karokaro 14 Sep 2017

Renewable energy to power 139 countries? Scientists say it’s possible

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2017

Protests over geothermal development heat up in Central Java

L. Darmawan 22 Aug 2017

As Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem faces multiple threats, local resistance grows

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Jul 2017

People of all faiths face climate change with hope, action, urgency

Justin Catanoso 13 Jun 2017

A rising chorus of voices condemns Laos’ planned Pak Beng dam

Jenny Denton 2 Jun 2017

Vietnam makes a big push for coal, while pledging to curb emissions

David Brown 26 May 2017

Papua New Guinea moves to launch new coal mining industry

Catherine Wilson 16 May 2017

These Indonesian villages are powered by locally sourced sustainable energy

Della Syahni 7 Feb 2017

U.S. president energizes pipeline projects

Mongabay 24 Jan 2017

Southeast Asia’s coal boom could cause 70,000 deaths per year by 2030, report says

Isabel Esterman 16 Jan 2017

Stone, Sand, Water: the key ingredients changing the Salween landscape

Demelza Stokes 21 Dec 2016

Fire on the Salween: Dams in conflict zones could threaten Myanmar’s fragile peace process

Demelza Stokes 1 Dec 2016

Trump vows Paris Agreement pull out; world unites behind green economy

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2016
Residents of Kiad in Panama’s indigenous Ngäbe-Buglé semi-autonomous region retur home after shopping in the nearby town of Tolé. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

Program targets food security concerns among Panama’s indigenous women

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 3 Oct 2016
Goejet Miranda crosses the part of the Tabasará River still flowing near his community of Kiad. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama begins “test-flooding” dam over indigenous protests

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 15 Sep 2016
Aerial photo shows the town of San Pablo de Amalí, the Dulcepamba River, and the Hidrotambo dam facility. Photo by Santiago Pastór

Dam opponents claim criminalization by Ecuadorian government

Martha Pskowski 9 Sep 2016
Ricardo Miranda, one of the protest leaders and member of the M10 movement representing Ngäbe communities affected by the dam. Photo by Camilo Mejia Giraldo

PHOTOS: Panama revives stalled dam over strong indigenous opposition

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 25 Aug 2016

These countries are growing their economies and lowering emissions at the same time

Mike Gaworecki 6 Apr 2016

Can a virtual fence help protect birds from human structures?

Julia John 11 Feb 2016

Powered by the land: The Sumatran village that conserves forest for electricity

Ayat S. Karokaro 10 Sep 2015

Offshore wind farms could blunt hurricane damage

Loren Bell 28 Feb 2014

Coal’s future carbon costs may make it more expensive than wind energy

Matt Davenport 15 Nov 2013

‘Carbon bubble’ could cause next global financial crisis

Damian Carrington 22 Apr 2013

New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia

Mongabay.com 8 Feb 2013

Paradigm shift needed to avert global environmental collapse, according to author of new book The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse

Dr Liz Kimbrough 10 Jan 2013

Google invests $200m in west Texas wind farm

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2013

Scientists: if we don’t act now we’re screwed

Jeremy Hance 7 Jun 2012

Consumption, population, and declining Earth: wake-up call for Rio+20

Jeremy Hance 15 May 2012

For Earth Day, 17 celebrated scientists on how to make a better world

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2012

Brazilian mining company connected to Belo Monte dam voted worst corporation

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2012

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