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For Immediate Release 3/27/2024 Contact: Gary Wockner, Save The World's Rivers, 970-218-8310 We're Driving A Nail In Coffintop Reservoir Near The Town of Lyons, CO, Opposing Its Water Rights Application Lyons, CO: Today, Save The World's Rivers (previously named "Save…

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Hi Friends of Rivers! We're thrilled to be telling our story across the U.S. -- in the New York Times, in Aspen, and in Northern Colorado. First, two weeks ago the New York Times highlighted our work speaking out against…

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1/16/2024 For Immediate Release Contact: Gary Wockner, Save The World's Rivers, 970-218-8310 Don't Let Wall Street Steal Our National Parks And Rivers Save The World's Rivers Opposes SEC-SR-NYSE-2023-09 That Would Create "Natural Asset Companies" Trading on the NYSE U.S. Rivers:…

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Hi Friends of the Colorado River, First, BIG NEWS -- On January 2nd, our "Rights of Nature for Rivers" program had a huge victory. Recall, back in 2021, the Town of Nederland, CO, passed our Rights of Nature for the…

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1/12/2024 For Immediate Release Contact: Gary Wockner, Save The World's Rivers, +1-970-218-8310 First in U.S. History "Guardians" Appointed To Represent "Rights of Nature" and Watershed in Colorado Nederland, CO: Last week the Town Board of Nederland, Colorado, appointed two "guardians"…

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1/2/2024 For Immediate Release Contact: Gary Wockner, Save The World's Rivers, 970-218-8310 Is Pumped Hydropower a Green Energy Scam? Colorado River, USA: A Dec. 26, 2023, story posted by Cronkite News about the so-called "Black Mesa Pumped Storage Project" on…

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MEDIA STATEMENT Contact: Gary Wockner, Save The World's Rivers, 970-218-8310 Nova Kakhovka Dam Collapse Highlights Risk of Reliance on Dams for Water Supply and Hydropower Ukraine: Over the last week, the global public has seen a deluge of images about…

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New World Bank President Nominee, Ajay Banga, Should Turn The Current Against Hydropower “You’re actually combating climate change just by keeping the rivers wild.” – Goldman Prize winner, Juan Pablo Orrego It’s good that President Biden has nominated a new…

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WHY WE NEVER SUPPORT PUMPED STORAGE HYDROPOWER So-called “pumped storage hydropower” is increasingly in the news as private, for-profit companies submit applications to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the U.S. to make money in the electric utility market.…

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Why Hydropower Can't Produce Green Hydrogen by Gary Wockner Over the last two years, I’ve watched “Green Hydrogen” make a splash as the Next Big Thing in the energy field. It was promoted at the U.N.’s COP27, and is currently…

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