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A Dam Conundrum: Xayaburi Project Could Help Laos And Thailand, Hurt Cambodia And Vietnam

5 November 2012
International Business Times
Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Human rights / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Water resources
Ch Karnchang Pcl / CK / dam construction projects / Dams / EGCO / Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) / Electricity Generating Pcl / environment / fisheries / Laos / Mekong river / Myanmar / PTT / PTT Pcl / rivers / South China Sea / State of the Basin Report / Thailand / Viraphonh Viravong / Xayaburi dam / Xayaburi Power Company

Officials in Laos announced that construction of the controversial Xayaburi dam will begin with a kickoff ceremony at the construction site Wednesday. Protests from human rights activists and environmental groups have delayed the project for 18 months, but the joint Laotian and Thai project is apparently ...

http://www.ibtimes.com/dam-conundrum-xayaburi-project-could-help-laos-thailand-hurt-cambodia-vietnam-859904

Thai protesters rally against Xayaburi dam construction

26 April 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Cambodia / Ch.Karnchang / energy / environmentalism / hydroelectricity / International Rivers / Laos / Lower Mekong River / Mekong river / Protest / rivers / Thailand / Xayaburi hydro dam / Xayaburi Power Company

Protests over construction of the controversial Xayaburi hydro dam project in northern Laos could spread from Thailand to Cambodia as communities along the Mekong River begin to feel its negative effects, an International Rivers programme director said yesterday. About 70 Thai villagers who rely on the ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012042655799/National-news/thai-voices-join-chorus-against-dam.html

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A Dam Conundrum: Xayaburi Project Could Help Laos And Thailand, Hurt Cambodia And Vietnam

Thai protesters rally against Xayaburi dam construction

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