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Project would carry NY power to Mass. via Vt.	24.5.2013	Boston Globe: Maine
Project would carry NY power to Mass. via Vt.
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Hydropower megaproject to dam River Congo	24.5.2013	New Scientist: Health
Hydropower megaproject to dam River Congo
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Vt. developer wins hydro power permits	23.5.2013	Boston Globe: Vermont
Vt. developer wins hydro power permits
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Romania Changes Course on Renewable Energy	21.5.2013	International Herald Tribune: Business
Romania Changes Course on Renewable Energy
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DR Congo waits on funding for Grand Inga	21.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Complete set of Grand Inga dams on the Congo River would generate a massive 40,000MW of electricity The dream of harnessing the mighty Congo River with the world's largest set of dams has moved closer, with the World Bank and other financial institutions expected to offer finance and South Africa agreeing to buy half of the power generated. French, Belgian, Chinese, Brazilian and African engineers have, over 60 years, all hoped to dam the Congo. But decades of civil war, corruption, and the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) reputation as a failed state have limited the hydropower developments at Inga Falls to two relatively small dams, built in 1972 and 1982. These, dubbed Inga 1 and 2, have a theoretical capacity of 1,400MW but produce only about half that. A new $20bn development to generate a further 4,800MW was announced over the weekend in Paris with work planned to start in October 2015. According to the DRC government, working with European and other consultants, five further ...
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Agency jumble blocks Mancos hydro plans	21.5.2013	Durango Herald
DENVER x2013 Rep. Scott Tipton had one of his greatest successes in his two years in Congress last month when the House overwhelmingly passed his bill to promote small hydroelectric projects on canals and pipelines.But it turns out the bill will not help one of the dams in the Cortez Republicanx2019s own district.Gary...
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Chinese held in PoK over alleged desecration of Koran (Cached)	18.5.2013	Hindustan Times: World
Chinese held in PoK over alleged desecration of Koran
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Cutting rain forests may undercut hydro output	18.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
The elimination of swaths of rain forest decreases rainfall, and is likely to reduce the energy output of hydroelectric projects in countries such as Brazil, according to a study published by the National Academy of Sciences.
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Chinese held in PoK over alleged Quran desecration (Cached)	18.5.2013	Hindustan Times: Top Stories
Blasphemy is a very sensitive issue in Pakistan, where 97% of the 180 million population are Muslims, and even unproven allegations can spark a violent public backlash. ...
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Chinese held in Pak Kashmir over alleged Quran desecration (Cached)	18.5.2013	Hindustan Times: World
Blasphemy is a very sensitive issue in Pakistan, where 97% of the 180 million population are Muslims, and even unproven allegations can spark a violent public backlash. ...
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PR: With Inga Dams, Donors Set to Repeat Past Failures	18.5.2013	International Rivers News RSS Feed
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley/Pretoria: The Congolese government will today announce plans to move forward with the Grand Inga Dam at a conference in Paris. World Bank President Jim Kim is expected to support the return to mega-dams on his visit to the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda on May 21-24. The proposed dam on the Congo River, which would be the largest hydropower project ever undertaken, will figure prominently on the agenda of his trip. NGOs warn that with such projects, donors are about to repeat the grandiose failure of past mega-dams. International financiers have invested billions of dollars in the Inga 1 and 2 dams and transmission lines on the Congo River over the past 40 years. The projects produce power primarily for the mining industry, while only 6-9% of the country’s population has access to electricity. The new dams proposed for the Congo River are again designed to serve the mining industry and export markets in South Africa, and would ...
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World's tallest dam approved by Chinese environmental officials	17.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Authorities push forward plans for 314 metre-high dam on Dadu river which would affect rare plants and fish Chinese environmental authorities have approved construction plans for what could become the world's tallest dam, while acknowledging that the project would affect endangered plants and rare fish species. The 314 metre-high dam (1,030ft) will serve the Shuangjiangkou hydropower project along the Dadu river in south-western Sichuan province, according to China's state news agency, Xinhua. A subsidiary of Guodian Group, one of China's five major state-owned power companies, will complete the project over a decade at an estimated cost of £2.9bn. The dam will be far taller than the 185 metre-high Three Gorges dam along the Yangtze river – the world's most powerful hydroelectric project – and slightly edge out the current record holder, the 300 metre-high Nurek dam in Tajikistan . The world's second-tallest dam, the 292 metre-high Xiaowan dam on the Lancang (Mekong) river, is also ...
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China approves environment assessment of ‘tallest dam’	17.5.2013	Hindu: S & T
Chinese authorities have granted approval for an environmental assessment of a controversial 2 GW dam project — slated to be the country’s tallest dam — despite concerns voiced by a number of envi...
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Malaysia: Authoritarian Leader Lures Investors With Promise of “Responsible” Dams	16.5.2013	International Rivers News RSS Feed
By: Kirk Herbertson Photo by: SAVE Rivers Network The Malaysian state of Sarawak is the new star of the global hydropower industry. Located on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia, Sarawak is largely unknown around the world. Five years ago, Sarawak’s ruler Mr. Abdul Taib Mahmud announced that he will “transform Sarawak into a developed state” by building 12 large dams in the state’s remote, tropical forests. He argues that the dams will produce an abundance of cheap electricity, which will attract heavy industry and create jobs. Reuters has called Taib’s scheme “staggeringly ambitious,” especially since the dams will produce 450% more electricity than Sarawak currently needs. Mr. Taib’s scheme has caught the attention of the world’s leading hydropower companies. Next week, on May 20-25, Sarawak will host the industry’s world congress, which is organized every few years by the International Hydropower Association (IHA). The IHA’s mission is to demonstrate that large ...
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World Bank rethinks stance on large-scale hydropower projects	14.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Despite their disruption, can dams help the organisation work towards ending poverty while keeping carbon emissions down? The World Bank is making a major push to develop large-scale hydropower, something it had all but abandoned a decade ago but now sees as crucial to resolving the tension between economic development and the drive to tame carbon use. Major hydropower projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo , Zambia , Nepal and elsewhere – all of a scale dubbed "transformational" to the regions involved – are part of the bank's fundraising drive among wealthy nations. Bank lending for hydropower has scaled up in recent years, and officials expect the trend to continue. Such projects were shunned in the 1990s, in part because they can be disruptive to communities and ecosystems. But the World Bank is opening the taps for dams and related infrastructure as its president, Jim Yong Kim, tries to resolve a quandary at the bank's core: how to eliminate poverty while adding as little as ...
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Chinese Hydrodam Remains a Concern, Mystery to Locals	14.5.2013	International Rivers Sitewide RSS Feed
By: Say Mony Date: Friday, May 10, 2013 Originally published in VOA Khmer KOH KONG - Villagers in the coastal province of Koh Kong say they are being kept in the dark on a hydroelectric dam planned to be built by a Chinese company in the remote Areng River valley. Villagers here say they are worried that if the dam is indeed built, it will cause major harm to their livelihoods. Cambodia has turned to the Chinese for a number of hydropower dams across the country. Supporters say they are needed to power the country’s growth and development, but opponents say they are not worth the environmental costs. Along the Areng River, in Thmor Bang district, villagers say they are worried. “So where am I going to move to?” asked Chhorng Dorn, a 71-year-old farmer who lives near the planned site of the dam. “What about my plantations, like coconut trees and other things I’ve been trying to plant so far? I’m already at this age, so I’m very concerned.” Impact studies say ...
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Tropical trees keep turbines turning	14.5.2013	BBC News - Science & Environment
New research suggests that cutting down trees in the rainforest could limit the amount of electricity generated by hydropower.
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UN highlights potential for generating clean energy in Africa (Cached)	14.5.2013	New Kerala: World News
New York, May 14 : Less than 1 per cent of all patent applications relating to clean energy technology (CET) have been filed in Africa, according to a new United Nations study, which also highlights the opportunity for the continent to leapfrog existing fossil-fuel energy sources and, in the process, cut greenhouse gas emissions and improve public health.
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Study Finds Loss of Rain Forests Can Deplete Hydropower	14.5.2013	NY Times: Science
Study Finds Loss of Rain Forests Can Deplete Hydropower
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Environmentalists, Conn. clash over energy rules	12.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Environmentalists, Conn. clash over energy rules
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