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Uncovering the Mekong Region’s New Dam Proponents
From December 2010 World Rivers Review In the Mekong region, ongoing economic growth despite the global economic crisis continues to...
Report Urges Ten-Year Dam-Building Freeze on Mekong
From December 2010 World Rivers Review The Mekong region is at a crossroads. A ground-breaking new report urging a 10-year...
New Laos Dam Test for Hydropower Projects
NAKAI TAI, Laos – One of Asia’s poorest countries officially inaugurated a $1.3 billion hydroelectric dam Thursday that is earning...
Laos Dam Faces Unresolved Issues
VIENTIANE, Laos, Dec. 9 (UPI) — As officials prepared for the inauguration of a new hydropower dam in Laos Thursday,...
IPS article on Nam Theun 2 (December 7, 2010)
World Bank-backed Dam Powers Ahead, Despite Social Cost BANGKOK, Dec 7, 2010 (IPS) – As the World Bank returns to...
Nam Theun 2 Inauguration Hides Real Costs of Controversial Project
More than 100,000 people continue to suffer project impacts Amidst much fanfare, French President Nicholas Sarkozy and senior World Bank...
Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project: The Real Cost of a Controversial Dam
International Rivers’ briefing paper describing the Nam Theun 2 project, its unsettled questions and broken promises, at the time of...
Unresolved Issues on the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project in Lao PDR and the Hydropower Strategy of the Banks
34 civil society groups and individuals from 18 countries have written to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank this...
A Partial Installation License for Belo Monte? Entirely Illegal
Government-owned Eletrobras, the company calling the shots in Norte Energia, wants to obtain a "partial" installation license so that the...
How the Hydro-Mafia Got Back Into Belo Monte
Back in August, just as expected, a couple of beggars walked in through the exit door of the Belo Monte...