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- The solar pump revolution could bring water to millions of Africans but it must be sustainable and fair | Alan MacDonald Mon, 9 Sep 24, 8:00pmSolar power could enable 400 million Africans without water to tap into groundwater aquifers. However, we must ensure smaller projects do not lose out in the rush for new technology
- Tensions mount as Ethiopia allows dam across Nile headwaters to fill Thu, 16 Jul 20, 4:01amEgypt fears hydroelectric project will restrict limited waters on which its population depends
- Recycled plastic art installation asserts that water is a human right in D.C. Sat, 27 Jul 19, 12:30amIn 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognized access to clean water as a human right. To raise awareness about the “questionable privatizations” and climate change threatening this human right, Spanish design...
- Why is Latin America so obsessed with mega dams? | John Vidal Tue, 23 May 17, 8:14pmProtests against Latin America’s pursuit of hydropower are increasing as the environmental costs mount up. Is the end of the region’s mega dams in sight?
- Por que a América Latina tem tamanha obsessão por mega-hidrelétricas? | John Vidal Tue, 23 May 17, 8:14pmFrequentemente tida como motivo de orgulho nacional, a matriz hídrica da América Latina gera custos ambientais cada vez maiores e é alvo de protestos crescentes...
- ¿Por qué la obsesión de Latinoamérica por las represas? | John Vidal Tue, 23 May 17, 8:14pmSon símbolos de orgullo nacional, pero dado el aumento en las protestas y los costos medioambientales ahora se cuestiona el futuro de las mega represas
- Why is Latin America so obsessed with mega dams? Tue, 23 May 17, 8:14pmProtests against Latin America’s pursuit of hydropower are increasing as the environmental costs mount up. Is the end of the region’s mega dams in sight?
- Por que a América Latina tem tamanha obsessão por mega-hidrelétricas? Tue, 23 May 17, 8:14pmFrequentemente tida como motivo de orgulho nacional, a matriz hídrica da América Latina gera custos ambientais cada vez maiores e é alvo de protestos crescentes...
- ¿Por qué la obsesión de Latinoamérica por las represas? Tue, 23 May 17, 8:14pmSon símbolos de orgullo nacional, pero dado el aumento en las protestas y los costos medioambientales ahora se cuestiona el futuro de las mega represas
- Smarter renewable power: six innovations Mon, 30 Nov 15, 9:54pmInnovations are helping renewable energy become more accessible, powerful and effective. Emma Howard lists six inventions that are changing the sector
- Sustainable development goals: what business needs to know Thu, 24 Sep 15, 7:24pmWhich goals are key for businesses? What sectors do they address? Will they make any difference? We read all the 169 SDG targets so you don’t have to
- 'We want to turn poo into gold': how SMS is transforming Senegal's sanitation Wed, 12 Aug 15, 7:49pmIn Dakar, an Uber-like SMS service has reduced the cost of emptying pit latrines by nearly half – and now customers can sell their waste to be turned into energy
- Solar is bringing a new world to women in Zimbabwe Fri, 24 Jul 15, 6:38pmA solar power project in a remote community in Zimbabwe is encouraging women to give birth in hospitals, and reducing their workload
- Beer and business: the unexpected benefits of water access in Cameroon Tue, 7 Jul 15, 8:53pmA solar-powered water project in Cameroon’s arid north has enabled villagers to fight poverty by starting small businesses
- Colombians start ‘Big Mobilisation’ to save the country’s principal river Sun, 15 Mar 15, 8:49amProtesters gather to oppose potentially devastating hydroelectric dam and waterway plans for the River Magdalena