(April 21, 2000) Former prime minister Anand Panyarachun joined activists and academics at the Pak Mool dam yesterday in a bid to seek solutions to a decade-long conflict that symbolised the "destruction of the self -sufficient economy".
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Let river run free, village leaders say
(April 21, 2000) “Open the gates and the fish will return” People who lost their land and livelihood to the Pak Moon dam will petition the Electricity Generating Authority next month to halt operations and open the gates to let the river run free.
Two German companies join in designing Three Gorges shiplift
Three Gorges dam site, Hubei: Two German engineering companies have won contracts to jointly design the world’s largest shiplift project with the design institute of the world’s largest hydropower project at the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. The information has been confirmed by both the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Development Corporation, developer of the project, and the Survey and the Design Institute of the Yangtze Water Resources Committee (YWRC).
Mekong River pact to be signed today
(April 20, 2000) FOUR Mekong riparian states will today sign an historic pact to open a navigation route along the upper reaches of the 4,200-km-long Mekong River.
Chinese gov’t response to Three Gorges dam petition
(April 17, 2000) Official Response to Experts’ Three Gorges Dam Petition
Talking ‘anarchy’ with Chomsky (excerpt)
(April 14, 2000) Excerpt from an interview with Noam Chomsky.
Three Gorges Project benefits from opinions of opponents
Three Gorges dam site, Hubei: The major structure of the gigantic Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, China’s longest, was completed Saturday. The project, often compared to the Great Wall in its scale, absorbed and benefited from a great amount of opinions from opponents, which enabled its schemes to improve continuously.
“Fill a lake, start an earthquake”: Damming and Reservoir-Induced Seismicity
(April 04, 2000) A paper by Heather Gingerich, a medical geologist who specializes in hydrogeochemistry and the director of the Canadian chapter of the International Medical Geology Association, detailing evidence in support […]
No cracks detected in Three Gorges southern dam: expert
(April 3, 2000) Pan, academician of both Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering and head of the experts panel for the Three Gorges project revealed that some cracks have been detected on the surface of the northern-bank dam section, and they have been treated properly.
Worley report – Se San 3 impact study, vol 2 (PDF format)
(April 1, 2000) The present Technical Assistance had the purpose of verifying that the Se San 3 project is a least cost development alternative, and of preparing it as a model hydropower project, to be managed commercially following internationally recommended operational, financial, environmental and social practices. … The present Technical Assistance was composed of two phases. Phase I concerns finance and ownership issues and is the subject of a separate report. Phase II concerns the Environmental, Social and Technical Analysis, and is the subject of this report.
Worley report – Se San 3 impact study, vol 1 (PDF format)
(April 1, 2000) The present Technical Assistance had the purpose of verifying that the Se San 3 project is a least cost development alternative, and of preparing it as a model hydropower project, to be managed commercially following internationally recommended operational, financial, environmental and social practices. … The present Technical Assistance was composed of two phases. Phase I concerns finance and ownership issues and is the subject of a separate report. Phase II concerns the Environmental, Social and Technical Analysis, and is the subject of this report.
Spring 2000 Campaign Letter
Crown agency spends billions secretly backing environmentally destructive projects others won’t touch
World Bank: management controls stronger, but challenges in fighting corruption remain
(April 1, 2000) GAO report evaluates WB management controls used to curb corruption.
President Obasanjo appeals for immediate debt relief for Nigeria
(March 28, 2000) President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for immediate debt relief for Nigeria, pointing to the fact that his country is at a crucial time in its democratic transition and in urgent need of international support.
Vietnam cranks up second largest hydro plant in test run
(March 28, 2000) In a move that is expected to appease Vietnam’s growing energy needs, the first trial run of the country’s second largest hydroelectric power plant went off without a hitch, officials said on Tuesday.
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