(August 14, 2008) Government Gives Green Light to Study on 2 Hydropower Dams.
Water crisis exacerbated by games, report says
(June 27, 2008) The Olympics is contributing to Beijing’s worsening water crisis by increasing use of it for sports venues and prestige projects like giant musical fountains, according to a report released by Probe International.
Beijing’s water policies add to crisis, report says
(June 27, 2008) Water use is expected to surge by 30 percent during the Games, according to Probe International report.
Beijing ‘running out of water’
(June 27, 2008) Beijing is running out of water, says a report by Probe International.
Green Games race against grime
(July 8, 2008) In response to a Probe International report, Beijing Water Authority’s Bi Xiaogang said that the city’s heavy reliance on shrinking groundwater reserves was not ideal.
Chinese environmentalists and scholars appeal for dam safety assessments in geologically unstable south-west China
(July 8, 2008) Experts and environmental activists have submitted a petition asking the Chinese government to reassess the safety of large-scale dam projects and make their findings public.
Électricité du Laos: Increases imports from neighbouring countries
(August 12, 2008) The value of energy imported by Électricité du Laos (EDL) from neighbouring countries will increase by 27 billion kip this year.
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Report: Olympic water diversions short-term solution for Beijing’s water crisis
(June 26, 2008) Plans to divert water to Beijing for the Olympic Games are shortsighted and will not ease the city’s severe water crisis, says a report released by Probe International.
Roundtable update: World Bank on odious debts
(August 7, 2008) The World Bank convened the roundtable in response to feedback from civil society groups (CSOs) to its September 2007 discussion paper, “Odious Debt: Some Considerations.”
Liberia comes clean-er
(August 7, 2008) Liberia has risen from the bottom ranks of the World Bank’s most corrupt country list to earn the distinction of graft’s most zero-tolerant post-conflict nation, reports Africa’s opinion journal, The Analyst. A recent report by the Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators Institute (WGI) indicates that at the current rate, Liberia has shown the largest improvement of any country in the world in controlling corruption.
Chilean tourism industry ready to battle Canadian investment
(August 7, 2008) In a recent story, Óscar Santelices, the director of Chile’s tourism bureau, SERNATUR, expressed concerns that the HidroAysén hydro electric project in Patagonia may hurt the region’s tourism business. He also said that he has expressed these concerns to the developers of the project.
At least in Bangladesh wrongdoers are encouraged to return the money
(August 6, 2008) The president of Bangladesh this month appointed a three-member Truth and Accountability Commission in an effort to claw back ill-gotten gains from corrupt businessmen and politicians who could receive clemency if they confess their wrongdoing and refund money obtained illegally. The country’s military-backed government, which launched a nationwide anti-graft campaign after taking power in January 2007, hopes the commission will help clear a massive backlog of corruption cases, Independent Online reports.
The Hydrolancang cascade: Fact box
(August 1, 2008) Information on eight Hydrolancang dams on the Lancang (upper Mekong) River in Yunnan.
Measuring the Clean Development Mechanism’s Performance and Potential
(August 1, 2008) The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is the first global attempt to address a global environmental public goods problem with a market-based mechanism.
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