(February 20, 2003) The choice dam site of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand in Karen State will still inundate parts of Karenni and Shan states upstream, according to an informed source from Thailand-based environmental group today.
Villagers present own study to back up their accusations
(February 18, 2003) Pollution control officials get blame.
Nam Theun 2 Power Purchase Deal To Be Signed April
(February 17, 2003) The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, or EGAT, said Monday it will sign a power purchase agreement in April with Nam Theun 2 Power Co., the developer of a Laos hydroelectric power project.
Theun-Hinboun dam pays out compensation to locals
(February 17, 2003) Environmental impacts and unforeseen disasters are forcing villagers in the Theun-Hinboun area to abandon their traditional fishing lifestyles
and become farmers growing crops and vegetables.
Drought, pollution could jeopardize water-transfer scheme
(February 14, 2003) Record-low water levels in the Yangtze caused an oil tanker to run aground and disrupted shipping in large sections of the river this week. The severe drought, along with worsening pollution in a major Yangtze tributary, raise serious concerns about the scheme launched late last year to transfer water from the region to China’s parched north.
Thai official suggests stock market money could fund hydro-power project
(February 13, 2003) New Energy Minister Prommin Lertsuridej yesterday floated the idea of having the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) raise
funds from the stock market to finance the Salween dam to finance a large-scale hydro-power project on the Salween River to help alleviate the government’s financial burden.
Klong Dan – new team to study impacts
(February 12, 2003) Villagers fear farm losses, subsidence.
Hun Sun concerned about Tonle Sap
(February 12, 2003) Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday warned that Cambodia’s Tonle Sap lake “a vital source of fish in the impoverished country” could dry up if development projects are handled carelessly on the Mekong River upstream from the lake.
And they talk of peace
(February 12, 2003) While France, Germany and Russia now profess to favour disarmament, they have not only consistently opposed any practical measure to effect it over the years, they have themselves been Saddam’s chief suppliers of weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq’s odious debts
(February 12, 2003) Russia and France have good reason to oppose a war with Iraq: They stand to lose more from Saddam Hussein’s ouster than any other countries in the world.
Amec challenged over alleged link to African bribery trial
(February 10, 2003) Amec’s promise that its acquisition of Spie will not draw it into a bribery trial in southern Africa has been challenged by the French engineering company’s former owner.
Damn the fish: Lessons from Glen Canyon
(February 7, 2003) A huge dam near the Grand Canyon in the United States, which has killed off half the native fish species that once thrived downstream, holds lessons for the Three Gorges project.
Blasting may not significantly alter Mekong, say officials
(February 7, 2003) Thai officials have expressed concerns over a project to improve the Mekong’s shipping capacity. They say that alterations to the river’s natural geography may damage the Mekong ecosystem.
Bribery row mars Amec’s ballot win
(February 6, 2003) A row over bribery allegations yesterday took the shine off shareholder approval for the Amec board to proceed with its full takeover of French construction company SPIE.
The rat that roared
(February 6, 2003) The future government in Baghdad may very well not consider itself responsible for paying Saddam’s debts. Does this alone condition the Chirac response to a fin de regime in Iraq?
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