Category: Analysis

India: Bucket Brigades Monitor Air Pollution Inexpensively

by Justin Kushik and Kielly Dunn Imagine: you step outside to pick up your morning newspaper and the headline reads, “Authorities Claim Local Refinery Complies with Environmental Standards.” As you glance toward the plumes of smoke billowing from the refinery’s stacks, you scratch your head and wonder about the accuracy of the government’s finding. You […]

Romania: Community Group Now Faces Newmont in Mine Fight

Newmont Mining Corporation, the world’s largest gold mining company, recently acquired a 10 percent stake in Canadian company Gabriel Resources’ Rosia Montana project in Romania. Newmont’s financing resuscitates a project that many hoped would be shelved, as Gabriel Resources’ missteps over the past two years appeared to have doomed the project. Global Greengrants Fund has […]

Uganda: Grassroots Group Promotes Citizen Involvement in Dam Decision

by Kielly Dunn with contributions from Lori Pottinger, International Rivers Network Bujagali Falls Dam is a 200-megawatt hydropower project proposed for Bujagali Falls on the Nile River near Jinja, Uganda. Although the original sponsor, a United States-based energy company named AES, has backed out, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation and the African Development Bank […]

China: Greengrants Coordinator Makes Front Page of Wall Street Journal

Wen Bo, coordinator of Global Greengrants Fund’s China Advisory Board, recently was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Asia edition. His work in pioneering student environmental networks has had a tremendous impact nationwide.

India: Photo Exhibit Reveals Devastating Effects of Uranium Mine

by Kielly Dunn P. Madhavan believed that the harmful effects of radiation in the small mining community of Jadugoda were receiving too little attention from the Indian government and the international community. A talented photographer, he put together a photo exhibit to document the suffering in Jadugoda and contrast it with the community of Domiasiat, […]

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