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Report On The Nova Kakhova Dam Breach

June 8, 2023 Moon of Alabama. Educate! Dam, Flooding, Media, Russia, Ukraine

A few hours ago an alleged explosion blew up the Nova Kakhova dam in Ukraine. It was either that or structural damage from previous strikes. Previously the Russian army had pulled back its troops from the northern part of Kherson oblast because a dam breach would endanger their supply route. We do not know yet how much of the dam has been damaged. How much water will be flowing out of it depends on the part of the wall that is still standing below the current water level. Of note is that the Ukraine had previously filled the upstream dams on the Dnieper to the brim to increase the potential damage. Those waters were released in early May.

Lack Of Government Response Imperils Life Of Hunger Striker

April 3, 2016 Ashley Zarbatany, www.vancouver.mediacoop.ca Resist! Dam, Hunger Strike

By Ashley Zarbatany for Vancouver Media Co-op. After staging a 20 day hunger strike against BC Hydro’s construction of the contested Site C Dam, Kristen Henry was forced to end her fast last night due to serious health complications. Henry, an SFU alumna, began her hunger strike on March 13th in protest of the B.C. government’s failure to respect the Treaty 8 First Nations in northeastern B.C., who have launched legal challenges to the project. Henry, who was rushed to the hospital on the evening of March 31st, has suffered serious health consequences as a result of her lengthy strike. On Thursday evening her heart rate dropped to a mere 35 beats per minute, and despite breaking her fast, it remains at a low 45 beats per minute. She will remain in hospital under observation for at least the next 24 hours and may suffer long-term kidney damage. She is overwhelmed by the amount of love and support she has had and says that she is proud of the awareness she and her supporters have raised about the project.

Protest Inside USAID: Drop Honduran Dam Project

March 14, 2016 Jake Dacks, www.bertacaceres.org Resist! Dam, Environment, Honduras, Indigenous Rights

By Jake Dacks of BertaCaceres.org. Washington, DC – Concerned DC residents unfurled banners inside the Ronald Reagan International Trade Building today, in front of the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) information office, calling for USAID to break ties to the controversial Agua Zarca dam project being built in Honduras. On Thursday, March 3, world-renowned Honduran indigenous environmentalist Berta Cáceres, who led her Lenca peoples against the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque River, was assassinated in her home. Berta had received the Goldman award in 2015 – the highest award for environmental activism – in the very same Ronald Reagan building in April of last year.

Mega-Dam Projects Threaten Ecosystem Collapse

April 29, 2015 David Hill, www.news.mongabay.com Educate! Amazon, Dam, Environment, Peru

Peru is planning a series of huge hydroelectric dams on the 1,700-kilometer (1,056-mile) Marañón River, which begins in the Peruvian Andes and is the main source of the Amazon River. Critics say the mega-dam projects could destroy the currently free-flowing Marañón, resulting in what Peruvian engineer Jose Serra Vega calls its "biological death." In 2011, Peru passed a law declaring the construction of 20 dams on the main trunk of the Marañón to be in the "national interest" and that the projects will launch the country's "long-term National Energy Revolution." But many Peruvians following the issue believe the planned dams are less about meeting "national demand" for electricity as the law reads, and more about supplying mining companies, and exporting to neighboring countries.

In France 21 Year Old Dam Protester Killed

October 27, 2014 Revolution News!, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Dam, Energy, Environment, France, police brutality, Protest

17 hours after police attacked again the ZAD resistance in Testet, south of France, a 21 year old ZADist was found dead. During the clashes, witnesses say they saw a man collapse and noticed the police taking him away. On Saturday, October 25th, 5,000 people from all over France gathered at Testet in opposition to the dam project and the violent repression of the ZAD resistance, which is ongoing for years, and has increased in the past months. Police attacked the protestors to remove them, and some militants battled the cops until late in the night. Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas grenades; several protestors were badly injured. Later in the night, firefighters and police claimed they have found the body of a man in the woods, while eye witnesses who were there say the body was found at police roadblocks.

10 Forest Defenders Injured In Police Attack To Clear Way For Dam

September 4, 2014 Revolution News, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Dam, Environment, France, Police

10 zadists were injured by the French police who resumed their attacks against the occupation of the forest Sivens in order to clear the way for developers build a dam considered useless, even more since it implies the deforestation of 40 ha. Occupiers – naming their occupation ZAD, zone à défendre meaning area to be defended - have been fighting the state and capitalists for a year now to save the forest; previous occupations have been brutally repressed by police, protests have been violently attacked, activists even started hunger strikes in vane to force local authorities hold public debates. They were evicted form the forest before, but always returned and set up en encampment so they can guard the forest from the police and the developers. The more intense repression against them grew, the more zadists came to defend the trees. On September 1st, just as the the day broke, 200 riot cops from Paris, armed with rubber bullets and tear gas and attack dogs, attacked the zadists and partially destroyed their encampment, to clear the way for the trees to be cut. Zadists opposed resistance and erected barricades; villagers mocked and tried to stop cops. But, “punishment was harsher than in previous confrontation”. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at them, badly injuring 10 zadists. “We come across a person whose leg was hit by a stun grenade. Dozens others were helped by nurses. A person was wounded in the neck by a rubber bullet: “It’s like being at war,” a nurse said.

Chile Rejects $8bn Dam Project In Patagonia

June 12, 2014 Al Jazeera, www.aljazeera.com Resist! Chile, Dam, Environment, Protest

President Michelle Bachelet's government has rejected a huge $8bn hydroelectric project in Chile's Patagonia region, citing its adverse impact on the environment. The decision by the Chilean cabinet to shelve the controversial seven-year-old scheme was a victory for environmentalist groups which fought the proposal to build five dams in a pristine river basin. "The Hidroaysen hydroelectric project is hereby rejected," said Pablo Badenier, the environment minister. Hundreds of people on Tuesday cheered the decision in the streets of Santiago and in the region of Aysen, about 1,300km south of the Chilean capital. Patricio Rodrigo, executive secretary of the Patagonia Defence Council, called the decision "the greatest triumph of the environmental movement in Chile". It "marks a turning point, where an empowered public demands to be heard and to participate in the decisions that affect their environment and their lives," Rodrigo said. The joint Spanish-Chilean venture formed for the project now has 30 days to challenge the decision in the Environmental Court of Valdivia in southern Chile.

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