(February 9, 2001) Vietnamese officials say they have restored calm to the country’s central highlands after the worst unrest for many years. But reports from the area – which has been closed to foreigners – say that tension remains high.
More on highland minority protests in Vietnam
(February 8, 2001) After the largest wave of protests seen in Vietnam in years the army and riot police are patrolling two provinces in the country’s central highlands. Land, religion and corruption fuel discontent among ethnic hill farmers.
Society demanding cleaner and more efficient fuels
(February 5, 2001) Report on climate-friendly energy quotes Probe International’s Policy Director, Gráinne Ryder
Get rid of subsidies and let the best provider win
Report on climate-friendly energy features Probe International’s Policy Director, Grainne Ryder.
Power infrastructure projects in Vietnam fall behind schedule
(February 5, 2001) Electricity infrastructure construction projects in Vietnam are likely to fall behind schedule over the next decade despite unexpected progress last year.
Cashed-strapped Electricity of Vietnam pushes power projects
(February 2, 2001) Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the cash-strapped state energy monopoly, is seeking additional capital as it pushes to increase power output to meet rising demand state media said Friday.
Public service ad exposes Fortis’ folly
(February 1, 2001) Belizean citizens group places ad in the Belize Reporter.
China fights against pollution to ensure drinking water safety
(February 1, 2001) The legislature of southern Guangdong Province, an economic engine of China, is creating a law to protect its supply of drinking water.
Rivers Watch East and Southeast Asia Dams Report 2001 (PDF format)
(February 1, 2001) This report provides details of dams planned and under construction in the Greater Mekong Subregion. It includes details about ownership/financing, environmental threats, and public opposition.
Three Gorges Probe
(January 31, 2001) China Online reports that due to the highly sensitive nature of reporting environmentally damaging accidents, the General Administration of the Environment (GAE) has issued a notice declaring that it alone will make public such accidents and related information.
Confidential documents: Correspondence between Three Gorges officials and Chinese government
Three Gorges Probe has obtained leaked correspondence between China’s top leadership revealing growing official alarm over the threat of unmitigated water pollution in the Three Gorges reservoir.
45,874 MW of capacity approved from Aug to Dec 2005, half is hydropower
(January 30, 2001) Power projects with a total installed capacity of 45,874 MW were approved between August and December last year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) revealed, and almost half of it was hydropower.
A yellow river runs in Shanghai’s taps
(January 30, 2001) A reporter revealed Shanghai’s dirty secret live on national television yesterday by criticising the city’s drinking water quality in a question to Premier Wen Jiabao about the mainland’s environmental pollution.
The dammed: Environmentalists watch and wait for opening of world’s largest dam
Environmentalists view the Three Gorges dam in China, the world’s biggest, as a monstrous natural catastrophe waiting to unleash itself on the hundreds of millions of people who live near the Yangtze river.
China to begin $17-billion Yangtze river diversion scheme next year
(January 16, 2001) China Daily reports that construction of China’s largest water diversion project is expected to begin in 2002.
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