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US small town pollution case is “universal story”
The tale of a New Jersey cancer town shows how the US and China struggle with similar institutional failures, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Dan Fagin tells thethirdpole.net
Posted 21 May 2014 in Articles -
Cambodia proceeds with China-backed dam on Mekong tributary
Cambodia approves Lower Sesan 2 dam deemed most damaging to river ecosystems.
Posted 28 Feb 2013 in Blogs -
A precarious future on the Mekong
With its members frustrated, environmental groups critical and more dams moving toward construction, what does the future look like for the Mekong River Commission?
Posted 17 Jan 2013 in Articles -
“We made mistakes”: the lessons of US dam removals
Asian hydropower advocates point to dammed-to-the-hilt America as a reason to press ahead with controversial plans. But the US is still spending time and money undoing the damage of the past.
Posted 20 Dec 2012 in Articles -
Laos forges ahead with controversial Mekong dam
Despite neighbours’ pleas for more time, Laos minister says “we don’t need more data” and announces intentions to start building potentially disastrous Xayaburi dam next year.
Posted 18 Oct 2012 in Articles -
Cambodia’s deadly land grab battle
Cambodia is a microcosm of a violent struggle playing out across the globe for control of a shrinking – and therefore increasingly valuable – pool of natural resources. Corinne Purtill reports.
Posted 24 Jul 2012 in Articles