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Monday, May 9, 2011
HANOI — Laos has told Vietnam it will suspend work on a controversial
dam planned for the Mekong River, official media reported, after Hanoi
sought a 10-year deferment of the scheme. Lao...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The World Bank is considering limiting its financing of coal-fired power plants to the poorest countries as part of a new energy strategy, a draft prepared for the board of directors shows...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Originally published in Reuters Experts warn of irreversible damage if dam goes aheadLaos prepares for construction, defies regional pressureFood security, agriculture, fisheries...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Originally published in The Financial Times A decision on whether to allow a controversial $3.8bn hydroelectric dam across the Mekong river has been delayed, raising fresh doubts over a...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Originally published on msnbc.com Laos defers decision amid controversy that the plan would destroy a lifeline for millions in Southeast Asia Millions of people living along the Mekong...
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Originally published in The Wall Street Journal BANGKOK - A battle over plans for a giant dam across the Mekong River is highlighting the increasingly complex energy issues facing...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Originally Published in The New York Times HOUAY SOUY, Laos - The Mekong River is so brown with silt as it passes this impoverished village, it could be called liquid dirt. For millions of...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
WASHINGTON — Brazil should suspend work on the massive Belo Monte dam project in the Amazon to consult the affected indigenous population, an intergovernmental human rights panel said...
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Friday, April 8, 2011
Originally published in The San Diego Union Tribune BANGKOK - A plan for the first dam across the Mekong River anywhere in its meandering path through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand,Cambodia and...
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AlertNet interviews Brent Millikan about his vision for a Brazilian energy sector, after a press conference in London with the indigenous delegation and Bianca Jagger about the proposed...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Originally published in Foreign Policy magazine When Beijing counts hydropower as "green energy," it's doing the environment – and its economy – no favor. Next week, China...
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From March 2011 World Rivers Review There is wide recognition that the development of big dams has been especially harmful to women. Those behind the construction of dams have failed to...
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From March 2011 World Rivers ReviewThe building of hydroelectric dams in Brazil has been marked by a lack of respect for the environment and the affected communities, and especially of...
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From March 2011 World Rivers Review More than 500,000 indigenous people in two countries are threatened by the construction of the Gibe III Dam on the Omo River in Ethiopia. If built,...
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From March 2011 World Rivers Review"The Bujagali Dam project will bring tremendous opportunities you cannot afford to miss! It will transform your lives - it will provide good jobs for you...
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From March 2011 World Rivers Review The movement to protect rivers and rights is full of amazing women. We asked just a few of them to talk about the rivers they love, and what they hope...
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From March 2011 World Rivers Review Andree Sosler, Executive Director of Darfur Stoves, talks about the importance of clean stoves. Improved cookstoves are critical to improving both the...
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From March 2011 World Rivers ReviewLaurie Stone Laurie Guevara-Stone is the International Program Manager for Solar Energy International, a Colorado-based group that provides hands-on...
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From March 2011 World Rivers ReviewWang Yongchen at the 2010 Rivers for Life meeting in Mexico A growing environmental movement has taken hold in China. Since the late 1970s, more than 3...
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From March 2011 World Rivers Review"Water is life. When everyone has access to sources of water that are treated, protected and managed effectively, there will be improvement in the...
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How Large Dams Reinforce Gender InequalitiesFrom March 2011 World Rivers Review Large dams have enormous consequences for people's lives and livelihoods. Their far-reaching consequences can...
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Women Speak Out for RiversFrom March 2011 World Rivers Review How do women feel when their rivers are dammed, their forests and villages submerged? What are their main concerns when facing...
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Originally published in The Guardian The Three Gorges Dam under construction Chris De Bode / Panos Pictures Under pressure to cut emissions, China risks irreversibly destroying its great...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Originally published in Financial Times Those passing by the London office of Brazil's development bank, BNDES, on Wednesday would have seen an unusual protest. A group of 50-60...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
RIO DE JANEIRO – A Brazilian judge ordered the
immediate suspension of the license authorizing work to begin on the
massive Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon jungle....
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Originally published in Global Times On the night of August 18 last year after days of torrential rain had soaked the steep mountain slopes, a mudslide struck a remote village in the...
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Can a massive dam project in the Amazon be stopped?It’s the biggest forest battle on Earth. The plot: a big government, in this case Brazil—armed to the teeth with unlimited executive and...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
For people opposing the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil, the blockbuster film Avatar
struck a chord. In the movie, a corporate-driven government from Earth...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Критика нового протокола оценки Международной ассоциации гидроэнергетики Октябрь 2010 года РезюмеМеждународная ассоциация гидроэнергетики - группа лоббирования отрасли строительства плотин...
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Publicado em 23 de dezembro de 2010 (clique aqui para ler o oficio). O Ministério Público Federal enviou hoje (23/12) ofício ao Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES...
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