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  • Upstream or downstream, we all have the same mother

    The Nation

    MILLIONS in the Southeast Asian region's trans-boundary river basins are facing the devastating affects from planned hydropower development.

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  • Environmentalists demand halt to US $ 35 billion Burma dams

    Mizzima

    Chiangmai (Mizzima) – Activists and environmentalists across the globe on Saturday urged Burma’s neighbouring countries to halt dam construction projects as it hurts local residents while providing financial lifeli...
  • Hydro Power Projects Continue to Generate Concern in South Asia

    Voice of America
    New Delhi

    Asia is grappling with how to balance its burgeoning demand for energy against protection of the environment and society. The conflict is apparent in some of the region'...

  • Dam projects draw flak

    Bangkok Post

    Villagers affected by dam construction called on the government to stop building more dams on domestic and international rivers on the International Day of Action Against Dams yesterday.

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  • Students stone Electricity Power Corporation building

    Democratic Voice of Burma

    Security has been tightened in Mon state capital, Moulmein, after high school students threw rocks at the state-run Electric Power Corporation last Friday, demanding full electricity while they sit thei...

  • Electricity returns after students stage protest in Moulmein

     Independent Mon News Agency

    At least one hundred students in Moulmein staged a protest to complain about lack of electricity on Friday. Electricity was restored the next day, say local sources, while the owners of student host...

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