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- Privatization, efficiency, gender, development, and inequality—transnational conflicts over access to water and sanitation
- Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace by Vandana Shiva. Boston, MA: South End Press, 2005. Gender, Water, and Development edited by Anne Coles and Tina Wallace. New York: Berg, 2005. Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power by Sanjeev Khagram. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004....
- Research articles 2008-01-01
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- Lok Sabha -- World Commission on Dams.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-29 November 2000-Indian Government: Lok Sabha -- World Commission on Dams C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29112000 Report of the World Commission on Dams WCD has attempted global assessment of dams and its effectiveness. While the WCD has...
- Research articles 2000-11-29
- IRAN: IRAN CONSTRUCTS WATER DAMS ALONG WESTERN BORDERS.
- According to "Tehran Times", Iran is building dams to keep 1.5 billion cubic meters of water along the western frontiers, a local official said, adding that 23 dams are to be erected this year. Ali Asghar Mirza'i, Managing-Director of Water According to "Tehran Times", Iran is...
- Research articles 2004-05-24
- Michigan Dams Ruin Native Fish Habitat, NWF Tells Agency - Brief Article
- As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC considers relicensing applications from two Michigan dams, NWF is asking the agency to increase flow from the two dams to restore fish habitat and to remove a remnant dam near one of the structures. The dams, located on the Dead River, a...
- Research articles 2001-05-01
- Mega-dams back on the agenda.
- Byline: Fred Pearce Sep 18, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The World Bank has been criticised for its policy of supporting large new dams. Max Finlayson of the International Water Management Institute said at the International Riversymposium conference, held...
- Research articles 2006-09-18
- World Bank welcomes Commission on Dams Report.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 November 2000-WORLD BANK: World Bank welcomes Commission on Dams Report C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16112000 LONDON -- World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn today welcomed the release of the World Commission on Dams' final report Thursday in ...
- Research articles 2000-11-16
- Aging dams need attention
- Public safety is at stake if action is not taken In my nearly 30-year career in USDA, I have never been as concerned about a public safety issue as I am with the growing problems of aging upstream flood control dams. Local communities, with assistance from...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
- Elwha dam removal slowly moves forward. (progress in effort to remove two dams on Washington State's Elwha River as part of effort to save river's ecosystem)
- The fate of two controversial dams on Washington's Elwha River may finally be decided, in part because of a recent report submitted to Congress by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt that endorses removal. When it approved the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act in...
- Research articles 1994-11-01
- A barrage of criticism; Dams; The real costs of building dams.(Science and Technology)(Brief Article)
- FOR the past century or so, governments and development agencies alike have been keen on dams. Built to store water and generate electricity, they are often emblems of national pride. And surely driving turbines from flowing rivers is a greener way to generate energy than burning...
- Research articles 2000-11-18
- Dams and Development harnessing collective energies - Notes from the Chair - World Commission on Dams
- On 16 November 2000 in London, the World Commission on Dams WCD launched "Dams And Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making"--a report which will have a profound impact not only on the future role of the $42-billion dam industry, but on how to develop and manage water and energy resources...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- Conservation Groups Studies Find Pacificorp Could Remove Klamath Dams Cheaply, Safely; Dam Removal May Be Best Option for Pacificorp's Shareholders, Customers, Environment
- KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. -- Studies released today by a collection of conservation groups suggest that the option of removing one or more of the five mainstem dams on the Klamath River may be more cost effective and technically viable than previously thought. In line with the 2003 National Academy of...
- Research articles 2004-07-20
- Congress Looks to Study Safety of Coal Waste Dams.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Oct. 21--A Kentucky congressman wants to provide federal money for scientists to study the safety of coal waste dams across Appalachia and in other states. Oct. 21--A Kentucky congressman wants to provide federal money for scientists to study the safety of coal waste dams...
- Research articles 2000-10-23
- Studies: Pacificorp Could Remove Klamath Dams Cheaply, Safely; DamRemoval May Be Best Option for Shareholders, Customers, Environment
- KLAMATH RIVER, Calif., July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Studies released today by a collection of conservation groups suggest that the option of removing one or more of the five mainstem dams on the Klamath River may be more cost effective and technically viablKLAMATH RIVER, Calif., July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ --...
- Research articles 2004-07-20
- Cowlitz, PacifiCorp sign relicensing plan for dams.(Member News)
- Cowlitz County PUD (Longview, Wash.) and PacifiCorp (Portland, Ore.) have reached an agreement on a relicensing plan for four dams on Southwest Washington's Lewis River. Cowlitz County PUD (Longview, Wash.) and PacifiCorp (Portland, Ore.) have reached an agreement on a relicensing plan for four...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- Congress Approves $90M Over 5 Years To Rehabilitate USDA's New Deal Dams.
- The House and Senate passed legislation authorizing the Department of Agriculture USDA to award $90 million in cost-share grants to be used for rehabilitating small watershed dams built by the department in the 1940s and 1950s. The House and Senate passed legislation authorizing the...
- Research articles 2000-11-15
- House Bill Directs Corps to Assess Condition of USDA's New Deal Dams.
- Several House bills authorizing new work by the Corps advanced in the last several weeks of the congressional session that ended Nov. 22, including one directing the agency to assess the repair needs of thousands of small watershed dams built by the Several House bills...
- Research articles 1999-12-01
- Debate heats up over water temperature rules for dams
- Byline: Scott Maben The Register-Guard Eleven federal dams within 40 miles of Eugene might be able to evade stricter water quality rules intended to aid the recovery of salmon, steelhead and bull trout in Oregon. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the dams,...
- Research articles 2003-10-22
- NGOs Lambaste Deal to Give Preferential Financing to Large Dams
- ECA Watch, an international NGO campaign on export credit agencies ECAs, recently rejected a decision reached earlier this year by participants in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD "Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits" to include large hydropower dams in their decision to subsidize renewable energy projects. ...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Major Yangtze tributary drying up due to dams, environmental group says
- BEIJING AFP — A series of dams and hydro projects in southwestern China's Sichuan province have caused one of the upper Yangtze River's largest tributaries to run dry in places, a Canadian-based environmental watchdog said. Local residents and water experts are concerned that the 735-kilometre (440 mile-long) Min River...
- Research articles 2005-04-23
- Ethiopia flood misery deepens as rains threaten dams
- ADDIS ABABA AFP — Ethiopia braced for more damage from deadly nationwide flash floods as the government warned that unusually heavy seasonal rains could force the release of water from dangerously swollen dams. A task force set up to deal with flooding crises that have affected nearly 75,000 people...
- Research articles 2006-08-19
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