(November 21, 2000) Hydro scheme threatens jaguar, Scarlet Macaw habitat.
Viedekke heads consortium to build a major power plant in Uganda
(November 20, 2000) An agreement to build a power plant in Bujagali, Uganda is signed by a consortium, headed by Veidekke ASA. The consortium consists of ABB Distribusjon AS, Alstom Power Ltd. (Switzerland), GE Energy(Norway) AS and Skanska AB in addition to Veidekke.
Narmada Dams project
(November 20, 2000) A five-part television series on the controversial project. This five-part series on India’s controversial Narmada dam project airs from November 20-24, 2000, and focuses on …
Dam protesters attacked
(November 20, 2000) Villagers were injured when baton-wielding men forcibly evicted Pak Mool dam opponents from the dam site in Ubon Ratchathani and set fire to their makeshift wooden shelters, witnesses said.
Common cause: China’s state-society response to environmental crisis
(October 19, 2000) The Chinese government’s recognition of the need for public input in solving the environmental crisis may offer a test for greater public participation in other areas.
China braces defences against floods
(November 17, 2000) ‘The flood-control works in some areas are like old men suffering from the passing of years. We have taken actions to cure them, while we should not expect to make them healthy young men in one day," said a top Yangtze flood-control official.
China moves farmers as Tarim River waters dwindle
(November 16, 2000) By 2008, more than 6,000 households along the Tarim River in Xinjiang will have been resettled and cultivation forbidden on the banks of the depleted waterway.
Placing Blame For Genocide: Guatemalan massacre survivors seek damages from dam financiers
(November 16, 2000) The plight of Rio Negro survivors has been studied closely by the World Commission on Dams, an independent body sponsored by the World Bank to review the performance of large dams and make recommendations for future planning of such projects.
PRESS RELEASE: World Commission on Dams set to release final report tomorrow
(November 15, 2000) Dam Builders Fear Tougher Guidelines, Fewer Subsidies, an End to Large Dams.
November 2000 Campaign Letter, Part 2
A global list of dams that don’t work and can’t compete. The global demise of dams, part 2
November 2000 Campaign Letter, Part 1
A letter to supporters: After 20 years of exposing the truth, the era of large dam-building is drawing to a close. The global demise of dams, part 1.
Three Gorges Probe – pollution at Yangtze; stone quarry at Three Gorges
(November 10, 2000) The Beijing-based Guangming Daily reports that the Yangtze River has become a public cesspool and that pollution will increase by as much as 57 per cent when construction of the Three Gorges dam is completed.
Yangtze River banks continue to collapse in Hunan
(November 10, 2000) Stormy weather and a ‘desperate lack of funds’ are hampering efforts by engineers and locals in central China to stabilize and prevent further collapse of Yangtze riverbanks, which have already given way in seven places, Xinhua reports.
China to transfer electricity to Thailand
(November 10, 2000) The power departments of China and Thailand have formally signed an investment agreement on jointly developing Jinghong Hydropower Station in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Thailand will buy electricity from Yunnan which is rich in hydropower resources.
Chinese officials deny planning nuclear blasts to build giant hydro project
(November 8, 2000) Hong Kong’s Mingpao newspaper reports that Chinese Ministry of Water Resources official, Li Linsheng, strongly denies a Sunday Telegraph report claiming that China is planning nuclear blasts to build a massive hydroelectricity project and water diversion scheme in Tibet.
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