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At Standing Rock – Water, History, and Finance Converge As Sioux Nation Mounts Storied Battle Over Dakota Access Pipeline
Oil pipeline could be stranded asset in the making.
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Financiers Express Concern About Missouri River Pipeline Crossing
Conflict over water supplies and land makes investors nervous
This…
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Protests Over Water Safety, Bank Financing Rock Bangladesh Coal Plants
Rampal coal-fired generating station is defended by government,…
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World Bank Tribunal Rules Against El Salvador Gold Mine Involved in Water Conflict
El Dorado decision, seven years in the making, raises risk of…
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Halt to Dakota Pipeline Is Part of International Resistance to Water Threats
At frontlines, fossil fuel transport and production infrastructure opposed worldwide.
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Big Banks Finance Water-Damaging, Climate-Warming Energy Projects
Despite commitment to reduce national emissions, development banks spend $US billions on coal-fired power plants.
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Popularity of Big Hydropower Projects Diminishes Around the World
Big water, cost-savings from new wind and solar construction.
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Water Scarcity, Public Protest Slow Foreign Farmland Purchases
New GRAIN study finds changed conditions in international “land grabs.”
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Drought A Factor in Duke Energy South America Electric Sale
Low water, less hydropower revenue prompt U.S. utility to seek a buyer of Latin America power plants.
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Understanding Water Risks Drives Global Investors
Finance managers develop tools to avoid losses.
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Water-Related Risks Strand $Billions in Energy, Mining, Power Projects
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Droughts, floods, and civic opposition cause huge losses.
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Conga Mine in Peru Halted By Water Concerns, Civic Opposition
U.S. mining company retreats from $US 4.8 billion gold and copper…