Take Action!

All over the world, people are fighting to protect their rivers and their livelihoods from new dams. They are demanding compensation for problems caused by old dams. And they are proposing better alternatives for energy, water supply and flood management. But they need your help to succeed!

Please take a moment to respond to these Action Alerts and make your voice heard!

 

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Urge Your Rep to Vote for Strong Climate Action!

Dead trees in Balbina Reservoir (Pedro Ivo Simoes)

US Congress is currently debating the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454). Unfortunately the bill sets pollution caps that are far weaker than science says is necessary to avoid climate chaos. It is further undermined by allowing the use of billions of carbon offsets (many from destructive hydro dams), which would permit polluting industries in the US to avoid cutting their emissions until 2027.

 

 

• Tell your Rep to strengthen and pass H.R. 2454!

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Help Protect Ecuador's Topo River

(Photo by Dan Dixon)Please help us to persuade the President and government decision-makers in Ecuador to maintain the integrity of the Topo River and the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor. Urge them to consider other alternatives for developing secure and renewable energy for Ecuador, and provide permanent protection for the Topo River to keep it as a wild, free-flowing river for the enjoyment of future generations.

 

• Take action to protect the Topo River!
  

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Dam Home Depot – Save Patagonia's Rivers!

The Pascua: A River is Born (Aviva Imhof)

The Home Depot is one of the largest US buyers of wood products from CMPC and Arauco, two companies that are deeply involved in the HidroAysén scheme to build 5 dams on the Baker and Pascua rivers in Chilean Patagonia. This multi-billion dollar hydroelectric mega-project would ruin rivers, flood rare endangered forests and destroy livelihoods. The 1,500-mile transmission lines would slice through rare Patagonian forests, creating the world's longest clearcut. We're calling on The Home Depot to use their power to save Patagonia from destruction.

 

• Tell The Home Depot you won't shop at their stores until they protect Patagonia!

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Tell Enel to Use Their Power to Protect Patagonia!

Aquamarine Waters of the Pascua (Gary Hughes)

A giant Italian electric company, Enel, now owns more than 90% of the European developer of the Patagonian dam scheme HydroAysen. Our Italian partner CRBM has started a postcard campaign in Italy to pressure Enel, and we want to help. We need you to send letters to Enel's CEO to show them the whole world cares about Patagonia.

 

 

• Ask Enel to use its power to stop HidroAysén and find clean energy solutions for Chile.

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Help Protect the Amazon's Madeira River!

Teotônio Rapids, Madeira River (Wilson Dias, Agência Brasil)

In July 2007, Brazil's environmental protection agency, IBAMA, issued a controversial Preliminary License for two dams on the Madeira River, the Amazon’s principal tributary. The dams would block the transport of sediment and the passage of fish and threaten the river’s unique biodiversity, affecting the land and livelihoods of thousands of river bank dwellers and indigenous people.You can help protect the Madeira River.

 

• Send an email to Minister Minc asking him to stand up to big business and protect the Amazon.

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Protect the Wild Jondachi River of Ecuador's Amazon!

Jondachi River (Courtesy of Matt Terry, Ecuadorian Rivers Institute)

One of the most beautiful, wild and pristine rivers of the Ecuadorian Amazon faces destruction from “La Merced de Jondachi” Hydroelectric Project, which would dry out a majestic section of the Jondachi River located in the UNESCO Sumaco Biosphere Reserve. The area is home to 15 indigenous Kichwa communities that depend on the river for fishing and bathing, and is also a world class kayaking destination. Recreational use of the Jondachi River helps sustain a tourism-based economy in Napo province. Please join with the local Ecuadorian communities to help stop La Merced de Jondachi Hydroelectric Project.

• Add your voice to the Ecuadorian communities' demands to protect the Jondachi River!