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Dam(n) It: The World’s Most Contentious Dam Projects
March 16th, 2012
Via The Guardian, a look at some of the world’s most contentious dam projects: South-east Asia’s Mekong dam Laos hopes to built a 1,285 megawatt hydroelectric plant at Xayaburi that would supply Thailand with electricity and open the door to a host of other proposed dams on the Mekong. But until now its plans have […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Jiangxi Province Lobbies Hard for Damming of China’s Largest Freshwater Lake
March 16th, 2012
Courtesy of Xinhuanet.com, an article on Jiangxi Province’s efforts to develop a new water project on China’s largest freshwater lake: Officials from east China’s Jiangxi have been pushing for support of a water project at the mouth of China’s largest freshwater lake Poyang, but the potential impact of the project is still strongly disputed. On […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Calls On Myanmar To Restart Suspended $3.6 billion Power Dam Project
March 11th, 2012
Via The Washington Post, a report that China has called on Myanmar to restart a suspended $3.6 billion power dam project. As the article notes: “…Chinese officials have urged Myanmar’s government to restart a Chinese-backed multibillion-dollar power dam project that was suspended apparently without notice last year. China was caught off guard by September’s suspension […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Assam Fights India’s Mega Dams
March 9th, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a report on popular protests against the construction of a vast network of dams in the Brahmaputra valley which have gathered impressive momentum: In demonstrations barely reported in the media, people in the north-east Indian state of Assam have been fighting for several years against a proposed gargantuan network of dams across […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Water As A Political Issue
March 5th, 2012
Via Globescan, some interesting survey results from India and citizens’ perception of the impending water crisis. As the report notes: The potency of water as a political issue in the world’s major emerging economies was underlined again this week when it was reported that water levels had plunged in the Siang river in India’s north-east. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s South-North Water Transfer Project – A Means to a Political End?
March 5th, 2012
From The Earth Institute’s State of the Planet blog, a look at the politics of China’s massive South-North water transfer project. As the article notes: The North China Plain is the cultural and historical core of China. It is no coincidence that the shores of the Yangzi and Yellow Rivers, between which much of this […]
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