(May 1, 2000) Story of Dominga Sic Ruiz (a.k.a. Denese), a survivor of the Rio Negro massacre in Guatemala.
It takes two to tango when it comes to corruption
(April 30, 2000) A landmark case against international corruption begins in the Maseru High Court this week, with a number of huge companies in the dock on charges of bribery.
Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world.
(April 28, 2000) Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world.
Struggle for a basic right to a livelihood
(April 27, 2000) Patience is running thin at Pak Moon and no one can blame the people there. Not after 12 years of struggles that led to a common conviction: the Pak Moon Dam must go.
Egat, Laos in price deal on dam power
(April 26, 2000) Thai authorities have concluded negotiations on the price of Thai power purchases from the US$1-billion (Bt38 billion) Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam, the largest foreign investment project in Laos.
Chinese engineers and scientists urge leadership to change Three Gorges dam operating plan
(April 26, 2000) Reservoir Level Should Be Kept Low to Reduce Resettlement and Navigation Problems, Experts Warn
Activists fish for solutions to conflict over Pak Mool dam
(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".
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).
Keep the doors to China wide open
(April 20, 2000) PI Fellow and Chinese environmentalist Dai Qing argues for permanent, normal trade status to promote freedom in China.
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 […]
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