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Southeast Asian Nations Plan Major Hydroelectric Projects in Mekong Region
2015-10-29 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Although China's hydroelectric development particularly the world's largest power plant at Three Gorges Dam has garnered significant attention, other Southeast Asian nations have relatively large hydropower expansion plans of their own, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says. Those smaller nations plan to construct 61 gigawatts of new capacity through 2020, primarily along the Mekong River and its tributaries. If all planned projects are completed, these countries will more than double...
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Trouble ahead for the Mekong Delta
2015-10-20 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Lush greenery in the lower Mekong region sprawls as far as the eye can see, an illustration of just how fertile the delta is. The endless green fields scored by the river's nine tributaries, which the Vietnamese call "Nine Dragons", explain why this area is one of the world's major food baskets. It houses the richest inland fishery and accounts for more than a fifth of the world's rice exports, although looks can be deceptive. Encroaching sea water from the south, a proliferation of hydro dams...
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Ministry urged to assess impact of Mekong River damming
2015-03-07 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vietnam Net: Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has told the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to assess impact of hydropower damming in the mainstream Mekong River on residents in the downstream. The ministry said at a meeting on Tuesday with the Deputy PM that it has invited representatives of Laos and Cambodia, and international organizations and experts to jointly prepare a study on impact of hydropower projects. Le Duc Trung, office manager of the Vietnam National Mekong Committee, said...
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MEKONG BISTRO
2014-01-03 00:48:35| PortlandOnline
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Kerry Returns to Vietnam's Mekong Delta
2013-12-15 09:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: As John Kerry's boat winds its way along the turbid waters of the Cai Nuoc river in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, the U.S secretary of state is taken back to the time he spent here as a commander of an American patrol boat during the Vietnam War. But it is not only the past that brings Kerry to this remote part of the Mekong, the 12th largest river in the world. He is here to deliver a message about the growing threat of climate change and the impact it will have on the delta and the millions of people...
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