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The Thirsty Dragon: Chinese-Funded Hydropower Project Sparks Anger In Burma
November 9th, 2011
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how Chinese-funded hydropower projects are sparking anger in Burma. As the report notes: After five years of cozy cooperation with Burma’s ruling generals, China Power Investment Corp. got a shock in September when it sent a senior executive to Naypyidaw, this destitute Southeast Asian nation’s showcase capital, […]
Read more »Saving South Asia’s Water
November 2nd, 2011
Via China Dialogue, commentary on the impacts of climate change on the Yarlung Zangbo and the future of Asia’s rivers: Beth Walker: Can you explain the importance of the Yarlung Zangbo River [known as the Brahmaputra in India]? Yang Yong: The Yarlung Zangbo is an important source of water for China, India and Bangladesh. The […]
Read more »Turkish Water Projects Stirring Resentment Around The Region
November 2nd, 2011
Via Green Prophet, an interesting article on the impact of Turkish water projects on the wider region: “…Turkey’s massive Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) is an effort to develop the country’s southeast region sustainably, through the use of hydropower plants, irrigation canals, and more. Whether such developments are truly sustainable has long been debated within Turkey. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Mixed Feelings About China’s New River
October 26th, 2011
Via American Public Radio, a brief look at China’s 800 mile-long man-made waterway which will divert water from the Yangtze River in southern China to the northern megacities of Beijing and Tianjin: Kai Ryssdal: The interesting tidbit from the European debt crisis negotiations today goes a little something like this. It’s gotten so bad that […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Takes a Loss to Get Ahead in the Business of Fresh Water
October 26th, 2011
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting article on China’s desalination initiatives: Towering over the Bohai Sea shoreline on this city’s outskirts, the Beijiang Power and Desalination Plant is a 26-billion-renminbi technical marvel: an ultrahigh-temperature, coal-fired generator with state-of-the-art pollution controls, mated to advanced Israeli equipment that uses its leftover heat to distill seawater […]
Read more »Egypt Losing Its Mighty Nile Drop By Drop
October 26th, 2011
Via Green Prophet, an article on the impact of Ethiopia and other African upstream countries’ plan countries plans to divert Nile River water could have upon Egypt: Leaking water pipes, evaporation and a rapidly growing population may be significant concerns for those trying to manage and plan water supplies in Egypt, but compounding such problems […]
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