We’ve just published our Rivernews Europe (only in English). Read it here ! In Summary Industry’s “wishlist” to weaken EU law European elections May 2019 : the European Environmental Bureau gives us food for thought ! Dams & Hydro – World Hydropower Congress and side events Balkan rivers : Successes & new Threats Impressive large Dam Removal events ahead Wild Rivers Biblic […]
13th of May, WWF and TNC launched a major report on the accelerating the renewable revolution in Paris, just before the opening of the WorldHydropower Congress. This report “Connected and Flowing: a renewable future for rivers, the climate and people” shows how for the first time global climate (keep warming below 1.5 degrees) and energy […]
The European elections are coming soon! The European Environmental Bureau informs you for an effective and responsible vote, and incites to “re-protect” Europe … Indeed, European laws have kept us safe for years and must continue to be able to do it … whether in the fight against climate change, the improvement of the quality […]
Last week, hopefully, the death knell for the old Kemihaara (Vuotos) hydropower plant project on the Kemijoki River in Finland. For many years, the peatlands of Kemihaara, located in north-eastern Finland, had been threatened by hydroelectric power plant projects, and by the development of a water reservoir in the Vuotos area, which would have flooded […]
Text from Ercan Ayboga / Mesopotamia Ecology Movement + Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive The 1st Mesopotamian Water Forum was held on April 6-8, 2019 in Sulaimani (Sulaymaniyah) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. More than 150 water activists from the Mesopotamia region and other countries gathered for the 3-day forum at Sulaimani University. Several […]
Lorène Lavocat, reporter for Reporterre, carried out a survey on micro hydropower plants. At the beginning of March 2019, two interesting articles on the micro-hydropower plants that we invite you to read, as well as a passage in the show La Tête au Carré on the public radio France Inter! > Listen to the radio […]
We now have reached 340,000 signatures, which means that our campaign is now one of the top 3 largest public consultations in the history of the European Union! THANK YOU to everyone who has signed! Others can still do it until March 12 inclusive (extended) … and contribute to this incredible campaign too! SIGN HERE […]
Extract from Press release in common from Euronatur/ Ecoalbanian / Riverwatch ++ NGOs file complaint against Albania ++ Hydropower projects on Vjosa river clearly breach Energy Community rules ++ Tirana, Radolfzell, Vienna, February 26th, 2019. Today, the Energy Community Secretariat received a complaint against the Albanian Government (find attached). EcoAlbania, Riverwatch and EuroNatur – the […]
Extract from Press Release 2019/02/21 of “Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive” (Ilisu Dam in Turkey) On Februar the 21th, the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected the appeal for conserving the archaeological site Hasankeyf and the surrounding Tigris Valley which is threatened by the Ilisu Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant Project in the […]
On the Sélune river, in Normandy, the timeline of dismantling is becoming clearer. The Vezins dam, whose sediment management has been completed, will be erased from April / May 2019. For that of La Roche which drinks, further downstream, the deadline is 2021. More information on our free Sélune page
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