(February 1, 2003) Is EDC making the world a worse place? There’s no way for ordinary Canadians to make an informed judgment because the Crown corporation simply doesn’t reveal enough information.
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Top scientists call for Three Gorges monitoring stations
Three of China’s top water engineers have called for monitoring stations to be set up below the Three Gorges dam to study the changes in the Yangtze River that will begin occurring after the reservoir is filled in June, an official newspaper reports.
Klong Dan probe
(January 30, 2003) PM says Sirithan removed to clear way for Klong Dan probe.
Klong Dan scandal
(January 29, 2003) Department chief transferred over contract.
Environment agency head transferred
(January 29, 2003) Panel finds Sirithan acted improperly.
Are large hydro dams competitive?
(January 28, 2003) Workshop on the Changing Face of Electricity Markets in the Mekong River Basin hosted by WWF Indochina and the Mekong River Commission Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Families Wait For Bank’s Political Risk Assessment
(January 28, 2003) The movement of people at the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project sites to the new resettlements set by the government and project authorities is said to be happening
smoothly.
Judge dismisses slave reparations case
(January 28, 2003) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by descendants of slaves against corporations they say profited from slavery, saying the plaintiffs had established no clear link to the companies they targeted.
Families Wait For Bank’s Political Risk Assessment
(January 28, 2003) The movement of people at the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project sites to the new resettlements set by the government and project authorities is said to be happening smoothly.
Mekong yielding diminishing returns
(January 26, 2003) Villagers and environmentalists along the lower Mekong say the fish stocks have decreased dramatically in the past years. Despite the potentially devastating consequences, no-one else seems much concerned.
France: Iraq has WMD
(January 26, 2003) The French seem perfectly satisfied that the money they pay Saddam for oil goes toward WMD programs and supporting the military. Iraq owes France over $8 Billion in oil IOU’s and France has huge oil development contracts with Saddam.
Treatment plant to face cashflow problems
(January 25, 2003) Demand for service likely to be too low.
Three Gorges sedimentation concerns build up
(January 24, 2003) The builders of the Three Gorges project are showing new concern about the prospect of a dangerous buildup of silt in the massive reservoir behind the dam, and are still discussing basic aspects of the dam’s operating regime and likely impacts.
Corruption busting
(January 24, 2003) The multibillion-rand Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which transfers huge quantities of water from the rugged peaks of the Mountain Kingdom to the industrial heartland of South Africa, has always fitted the current stereotype of large dams – that they are massive, expensive and, environmental campaigners would say, destructive.
Valley of the Dammed
(January 23, 2003) Plans to transform the Mekong River into an industrial waterway are threatening one of the world’s most important inland fisheries.
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