(May 24, 2011) It has only taken ninety years, but China’s leaders have finally admitted that the Three Gorges Dam is a disaster.
HidroAysen Patagonia Dam Project Awaits Government Approval
(May 9, 2011) The HidroAysen dam project in Patagonia is awaiting government signoff.
Ethiopia: The Politics of Ethiopian Grand Millennium Dam
(March 26, 2011) Several days ago, an acquaintance called to invite me to participate the next day in a panel discussion prepared by Deutsche Welle’s Amharic service program. The panel was to discuss about the Ethiopian Grand Millennium Dam (GMD). I was told that I was approached because of my training and practice in Water Resources Engineering.
The Political Ecology of Hydropower Development in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
(December 13, 1996) The Lao PDR government has pinned its national economic future on hydroelectricity export earnings and has joined with international consortia, made up of private companies and state-owned utilities, to develop large-scale hydropower projects along every major river in the country.


