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Clinton Urges Mekong Nations To Avoid US Dam Mistakes
July 15th, 2012
Via Terra Daily, an article on the Xayaburi project: The US on Friday urged Mekong nations to learn from its mistakes in river infrastructure projects, as Laos confirmed it has postponed a controversial multi-billion dollar dam project. The $3.8 billion hydroelectric project at Xayaburi has sharply divided the four Mekong nations — Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia […]
Read more »Israel Concerned Lebanon May Divert Water
July 13th, 2012
Via The Jerusalem Post, an article on Israel’s deliberation of potential responses to the possibility that Lebanon will divert water from the Hatzbani River: The IDF is deliberating responses ahead of the possibility that Lebanon will divert water from the Hatzbani River, a move that Israel has in the past viewed as a casus belli […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Pakistan To Face Severe Water Shortage If India Continues Its Hydropower Push
July 13th, 2012
Via Pakistan’s Daily Times, a report on the controversial KHEP power project in India and its impact on Pakistan: Pakistan would likely face severe water shortage if it does not plead judiciously over the controversial 330 megawatts (MW) Kishanganga Hydro Electric Power (KHEP) project in India. Pakistan has yet to decide the head and the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Bringing Dams Back To Africa
July 10th, 2012
Via an article from China Dialogue, Chinese investors have broken a boycott on investment in African dams – and loosened the grip of the environment lobby. This is good news for the continent, according to one water expert Mike Muller: Olivia Boyd: You argue that China has broken an “investment boycott†when it comes to […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: War Of Words Over Yangtze Hydropower Development
July 3rd, 2012
Courtesy of China Dialogue, an article examining the latest war of words over hydropower development on the Yangtze tributary: Another bout of fighting has broken out over hydropower development on China’s Jinsha River, the westernmost tributary to the Yangtze. At the launch of a new survey on dam-building in late May, Zhang Boting, deputy secretary […]
Read more »Dam Boon In The Amazon
July 1st, 2012
Via The New York Times, a look at the tension between water and energy as Brazil looks to tap the power of its rivers via dams: A confrontation between the insatiable appetite for energy and the enduring need for habitability is under way in Brazil as it moves aggressively to harness the power of its […]
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