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Despite Environmental Concerns, Xayaburi Breaks Ground

8 November 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Development policy and administration / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Asia-Europe summit / Council of Ministers / ecological impact / environment / environmental concerns / environmental studies / freshwater program / hydroelectricity / hydropower / Lao / Lao President / Mekong river / Mekong river basin / Mekong River Commission (MRC) / Prime Minister Hun Sen / rivers / Thai construction company / Thailand / water / World Wildlife Fund / Xayaburi / Xayaburi dam

Lao officials and executives of a Thai construction company conducted a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday in Xayaburi to inaugurate the first dam to be built on the lower mainstream Mekong, putting to one side concerns that the dam could devastate fisheries in Cambodia and Vietnam. Prior to ...

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Thailand Dam Deal Spurs Court Complaint from Thai Villagers

8 August 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) / environmental studies / Laos / Mekong / Mekong Agreement / Thailand / Xayaburi / Xayaburi dam / Xayaburi dam project

Villagers belonging to a Thai activist group filed a complaint to Thailand’s Administrative Court yesterday for the cancellation of an agreement form the country’s Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to buy power from a controversial mainstream Mekong dam in Laos, an NGO representative said yesterday. “According ...

WWF Says Work on Dam in Laos Mocks Mekong Accord

25 July 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Environment and natural resources / Land / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Cambodia / construction / dam work / environmental studies / international conservation group / Lao government / Laos / mainstream Mekong / Mekong Agreement / Mekong countries / Mekong dam / Thailand / World Wildlife Fund / WWF

The Lao government’s refusal to halt the construction of a controversial mainstream Mekong dam is “making a mockery” of an agreement between the four Mekong countries, international conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said yesterday. Though Laos had agreed in December to suspend construction of the ...

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