For more than five decades, Indigenous communities in the northern Philippines have pushed back against the planned construction of hydropower dams on the Chico River system.
Members of indigenous organizations reproached the fact that the initiative to reform the Electricity Industry Law omitted the recognition of the peoples to participate in the generation of energy.
In a historic referendum, more than 80% of the electorate in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, voted to ban mining in the area.
Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals
Seven hydropower projects along the Likhu River in eastern Nepal have adversely impacted Indigenous and local communities who live in and near the project sites but have received little attention.
Clean energy projects receive government incentives and less scrutiny, and few have policies to minimise human rights abuses
While renewable energy is essential to reduce global warming, such projects are not always implemented in a socially responsible manner as regards local communities. I