Chilean Volcano Could Delay Hidroaysen Dam Project
A couple of short articles that discuss recent happenings in relation to the transmission lines that would ferry power from southern Chile up to Santiago—part of the Pascua/Baker megadam project.
Small Ugandan NGO Has Far-Reaching Goals
AFIEGO takes on Uganda’s energy crisis from the grassroots up.
Protest Prompts Logging Company to Pullout of Ontario
An interesting development in the Grassy Narrows indigenous community in Canada that has been struggling to control its own territory. Greengrants has made nearly $20,000 to this group since 2001 through our Global Advisor, Rainforest Action Network. The
Big, Bad Hydro
In this Forbes Magazine article on the problems of hydro power, Peter Hartmann of Comité Nacional Pro Defensa de La Fauna y Flora (CODEFF) a Greengrants grantee, is featured. CODEFF has received nearly $15,000 in grants since 2005 on the Patagonia dam issue.
World’s Biggest Mammals Threatened First by Commercial Whaling, Now By Industry
The recent discovery of the endangered blue whale off the coast of Chile will have significant implications to a pristine ecological area struggling to keep industry away.