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Amazonian natives say they will defend tribal lands from Hunt Oil with “their lives”

Jeremy Hance 25 Oct 2009

The Yangtze River may have lost another inhabitant: the Chinese paddlefish

Jeremy Hance 22 Oct 2009

Freshwater species worse off than land or marine

Jeremy Hance 15 Oct 2009

Power, profit, and pollution: dams and the uncertain future of Sarawak

Kara Moses 3 Sep 2009

Little hydroelectric dams become all the rage, but do they harm the environment?

Jeremy Hance 23 Aug 2009

After a hundred years, salmon swim by the Eiffel tower again

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2009

NASA photos show severe flooding in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2009

Ganges River Dolphin population falls below 300, faces new threat from oil exploration

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2009

Age of the Amazon River estimated at 11 million years

Mongabay.com 8 Jul 2009

New Yangtze River dam could doom more endangered species

Jeremy Hance 22 Jun 2009

108 river basins in Indonesia need rehabiltiation

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2009

Near-record flooding in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 13 May 2009

River systems worldwide are losing water due to global warming

Jeremy Hance 22 Apr 2009

Colorado River unlikely to meet current water demands in warmer, drier world

Jeremy Hance 20 Apr 2009

Dams in Laos threaten Asia’s largest waterfall, critically endangered river dolphin

Mongabay.com 16 Mar 2009

China delays massive water scheme to redirect rivers from south to north

Mongabay.com 31 Dec 2008

Captive breeding of monster Amazon fish could feed people and save it from depletion

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Brazil OKs $4 billion dam in the Amazon rainforest

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2008

Coca-Cola announces water conservation goal

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2008

The extinction of the baiji a ‘wake-up call’ to conserve vaquita and other cetaceans

Jeremy Hance 25 Aug 2008

Three American mussel species lost to extinction

Jeremy Hance 10 Aug 2008

Aquarium fish trade linked to cocaine, timber smuggling in Brazil

Mongabay.com 10 Aug 2008

Dried-up Colorado takes toll on giant Mexican fish

John Cannon 8 Jun 2008

Diversity in streams may brace Chinook salmon for climate change

Hayley Rutger 3 Jun 2008

Will earthquake slow dam-building spree in China?

Mongabay.com 14 May 2008

New species of river dolphin discovered in the Amazon

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2008

Judge suspends Amazon dam project due to legal questions

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2008

New expedition seeks evidence for survival of the ‘extinct’ Baiji

Jeremy Hance 16 Apr 2008

U.S. flooding to continue well into spring

Mongabay.com 21 Mar 2008

Corn ethanol is worsening the Gulf dead zone

Mongabay.com 10 Mar 2008

Feds flood the Grand Canyon to save endangered fish

Mongabay.com 5 Mar 2008

Lake Mead could be dry up by 2021

Scripps Institution Of Oceanography 12 Feb 2008

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