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hydropower
How India’s withdrawal from Indus Water Treaty could hurt Pakistan
Safwat Zargar
· Apr 28, 2025 · 06:30 am
‘Huge setback’: Nepal approves policy allowing hydropower projects inside protected areas
Abhaya Raj Joshi
· Jan 22, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Hydroelectricity power lines across Nepal turn death trap for birds
Abhaya Raj Joshi
· Jun 02, 2023 · 07:30 pm
The dam-building spree in Arunachal Pradesh is taking a toll on its biodiversity
Sushmita
· Apr 21, 2023 · 01:30 pm
China’s dam-building spree on Mekong River has turned Thai fishing villages into ‘ghost towns’
Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Mar 23, 2023 · 11:30 pm
How India’s renewable energy ambitions have wedded Bhutan to hydropower
Chencho Dema
· Mar 22, 2023 · 01:30 pm
Greed sank Joshimath. I saw it happen
Shruti Jain
· Feb 01, 2023 · 06:30 am
‘No more dams’: A protest message painted on an Itanagar wall is making some artists see red
Ranju Dodum
· Jul 12, 2022 · 01:30 pm
Hydropower projects are leading to the loss of endangered chilgoza trees in Himachal Pradesh
Vivek Gupta
· Jun 19, 2022 · 09:30 pm
Indian government is yet again considering a dam that has been rejected for 50 years
Kapil Kajal
· May 06, 2022 · 07:30 pm
Hydropower dams are not the clean source of energy the Indian government thinks they are
Flavia Lopes, IndiaSpend.com
· Nov 03, 2021 · 07:30 pm
Eco India: Why the Tirthan river remains shielded from hydropower developers in Himachal Pradesh
Scroll Staff
· Feb 14, 2021 · 08:50 am
Eco India, Episode 99: Why renewable energy may not always be a sustainable solution
Scroll Staff
· Feb 13, 2021 · 03:30 pm
In photos: How Bhutan’s flourishing hydropower is damaging homes across the country
Dawa Gyelmo
· Dec 11, 2020 · 07:30 pm
China’s hydropower ambitions on the Brahmaputra could trigger a dam-building race with India
The Third Pole
· Dec 06, 2020 · 07:30 pm
In Kerala, a hydropower project has got both environmentalists and Adivasi communities worried
Aathira Perinchery
· Nov 15, 2020 · 09:30 pm
What China’s vision of a ‘community of shared future’ means for the countries of the Mekong river
Sam Geall
· Nov 12, 2018 · 09:30 pm
In Pakistan’s mountains, community-built hydropower projects are lighting up remote areas
Zofeen T Ebrahim
· Aug 02, 2018 · 01:30 pm
China is building more dams than it needs
Darrin Magee Thomas Hennig
· May 03, 2017 · 11:30 pm
In Myanmar, government efforts to push large dam projects have met with a flood of resistance
Beth Walker
· Mar 17, 2017 · 11:30 pm
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