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Sanakham Dam Sparks Fear and Anguish Along the Thai-Lao Border
The 684 MW Sanakham hydroelectric dam project across the Mekong River, close to the Thai-Lao border in Chiang Khan District, ...
Monitoring China dam on Brahmaputra, govt tells Rajya Sabha
The Indian government is monitoring China's plans for a hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet and taking ...
Centre monitoring Chinese mega dam plan, Centre tells Rajya Sabha
India has taken note of China’s announcement of a mega dam project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo, the ...
China keeps building mega coal projects
China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the most in nearly a decade, a report from two clean-energy groups said Thursday.
China’s dam project opens the floodgates of concern
The planned construction by China of a massive hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river in Tibet has become a matter of ...
Why is China building the world’s biggest dam?
China has approved the construction of what will become the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet. Located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, it could generate three times more ...
Aware of China’s mega dam plan in upper reaches of Brahmaputra: Centre tells Parliament
Several dams and hydropower projects in northeastern states are facing opposition mainly because of the likely environmental impacts due to climate change.
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What’s Driving China’s Controversial Mega-Dam in Tibet?
While the proposed hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River has sparked concerns in India, from China’s perspective it ...
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China constructing world’s largest dam on Brahmputra raises serious concerns: Gogoi
NEW DELHI, 11 Feb: The Brahmaputra is the lifeline of Assam and China’s recent decision to construct the world’s largest dam over it raises serious concerns about the country’s water security, ...
NE MPs stand united against China’s dam on Yarlung Tsangpo
Guwahati: Cutting across party lines, MPs from the northeast stood in parliament opposing China's plan to build the world's ...
Governments and environmental groups are turning to international courts to address the impacts of climate change — podcast
A number of activist groups, mostly from developing nations already facing the realities of a changing climate, are taking a new legal approach to climate action. They are arguing that climate change ...
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Hydropower’s dark underbelly: unravelling the costs of transboundary hydropower
Although a promising green alternative to fossil fuels, hydropower can also come with geopolitical, environmental and social ...