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Vietnam, Laos Split Over Mekong Dam
March 3rd, 2011
Via Global Geopolitics, a report on the Xayaburi dam issue has become the first major test of environmental diplomacy for the four countries in the lower Mekong, members of the Mekong River Commission (MRC): The first in a new series of 11 dams planned across the Mekong, South-east Asia’s largest river, could break a special […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: A Dry and Anxious North Awaits China’s Giant, Unproven Water Transport Scheme
March 2nd, 2011
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a detailed look at China’s ambitious South-North Water Transfer Project designed to solve a commanding threat to China’s modernization: the increasingly dire confrontation between rising energy demand in a nation that is steadily getting drier: The dark openings of two pipelines beneath the Yellow River, like eyes on a flat […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Drought Nears Worst In 200 years
February 26th, 2011
Via Climate Progress, a further look at the crippling drought in China and its likely impact on world food prices: “…The soil lies cracked and broken in China’s Shangdong Province, thirsting for rains that will not come. China’s key wheat producing region, lying just south of Beijing, has received just 12 millimeters (1/2 inch) of […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: A “Great Leap†In Hydropower Exploitation
February 18th, 2011
Via China Dialogue, a report that China’s government and state-owned electricity enterprises are ramping up their hydropower ambitions. As the article notes: “…Hydropower development is a must,†said a senior official from China’s top economic planners, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), effectively breaking seven years of silence on hydropower exploitation on the Nu […]
Read more »From Floods To Scarcity: Pakistan Sinks Into A Water Crisis
February 13th, 2011
Via Climate Voices, a look at the worsening water crisis impacting Pakistan. As the article notes: “…Pakistan is still reeling from flooding that caused one of the world’s costliest natural disasters in 2010, with millions of people lacking shelter, infrastructure in ruins and donations falling short of appeals. But worse may come. The United Nations’ […]
Read more »Parched Tiger To Thirsty Dragon: “No Concerns About Dams on Brahmaputra”
February 8th, 2011
Via LiveMint, a report that India is not concerned about China’s plans to dam the Brahmaputra: “…China’s plans to dam the Brahmaputra won’t affect India, according to a controversial assertion by the country’s ministry of water resources and the Central Water Commission—a contention that belies concerns to the contrary expressed by academics, activists and sections […]
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