Environmental costs mounting but EPM pushes forward with controversial dam project

An early estimate has been made today into the environmental damage caused by closing the floodgates to troubled dam Hidrotuango. In a press release...

Hidroituango or: The greatest project nobody wants to take responsibility for

Since April of 2018 the emergency around the Hidroituango project has kept national and local authorities on alert. The possibility of the project...

Crisis Hidroituango: Troubled dam continues to wreak havoc on Cauca river

Puerto Valdivia, photo above from August 2018, has remained in a constant state of red alert since April last year and has now seen its river slowly...

Cauca river recedes as Hidroituango dam closures threaten environmental catastrophe

Water levels have receded in the river Cauca following the closing of two floodgates at Hidroituango dam. Photo by Arjun Harindranath The Cauca...

Hidroituango dam remains on red alert as surrounding communities brace for the worst

[caption id="attachment_30279" align="aligncenter" width="466"] Photo courtesy of @GobAntioquia[/caption] The communities surrounding Hidroituango...

Thousands fear for their livelihoods as Hidroituango dam crisis intensifies

[caption id="attachment_29954" align="aligncenter" width="635"] Image courtesy of Global Forest Coalition/ Twitter.[/caption] The Hidroituango dam...

Hidroituango dam flooding forces thousands to evacuate

[caption id="attachment_29842" align="aligncenter" width="1804"] Photo courtesy of @Teleantioquia: Twitter.[/caption] "Please immediately withdraw...