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Brazil licenses Amazon hydroelectric dam

AP — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:47:05 +0000

Brazil’s environment minister said Monday he granted a license for an Amazon hydroelectric dam but attached stringent conditions to protect Indian reservations and nature...

Beaver dam built in England after long absence

AP — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:54:46 +0000

Beavers are back, doing what they do best.The native beaver population in England was hunted into extinction in the 13th century, but a pair of 2-year-old beavers brought over from Germany have in the last 10 days built a dam in southwest England....

Plants that produce their own sunlight to survive

Asmita — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:41:17 +0000

So you want plants but don’t have the good fortune of having a real apartment with real sunlight? Then these cybernetic plants with surgically implanted LEDs giving them all the light they want to photosynthesize are just tailor-made for you,...

Taliban hamper dam project in Afghanistan

AP — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:30:30 +0000

British Maj. Mike Shervington watches over a stunning aqua-green lake and a 50-year-old story about U.S. struggles to aid Afghanistan.Inside a security perimeter is an old American-built dam with the potential to provide Afghanistan with 6 percent...

China's Massive Dam Project Causes Worry

AP — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:20:21 +0000

Wang Zhushu rarely sleeps at night. Instead, the 61-year-old retiree paces, listening to the drone of passing ships that shake the walls of her house on the banks of the Yangtze River.Wang’s one-story, brick-and-concrete home rests, she says,...

Iraq Disputes US Report on Mosul Dam

AP — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:23:03 +0000

The Iraqi government on Wednesday rejected the findings of a U.S. oversight panel that a dam near the northern city of Mosul is on the verge of a collapse that could cause flooding along the Tigris River “all the way to Baghdad.”The...

Millions More to Move for Chinese Dam

AP — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:43:26 +0000

China plans to relocate up to 4 million people from areas surrounding the Three Gorges Dam _ the world’s biggest hydropower project _ because of rising concerns over the environment and landslides, state media reported Friday.For years, China...

Giant China Dam Forcing More Relocations

AP — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:30:23 +0000

Chinese authorities plan to move even more rural residents from behind the Three Gorges Dam in recognition of environmental and economic problems spawned by the giant project, state media and the local government reported Friday.The number of...

Prime Minister: Address challenges in power sector

Ravneet — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:59:56 +0000

Dedicating the 1200-km East-North Tala Power Transmission System to the nation, Prime minister Manmohan Singh has called for taking the issue of energy similar to security. The PM said that the availability of quality power at affordable cost...