Category: Region
Selected environmental stories from media outlets in the Mekong region and beyond.
Myanmar Approves $171m ADB Loan for Rural Electrification
For electrification of 400,300 households in 2,815 villages in Karen State and Ayeyarwady, Magwe and east Bago regions to access the national grid.
Vietnam considers scrapping half of coal power plant pipeline in favour of gas and renewables
The government could cancel seven planned coal projects and postpone six others until after 2030 or 2035.
Severe drought warning for Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
The MRC said the area around Lao capital Vientiane was suffering from “even wider extreme drought conditions and considerably low rainfall.
Large hydropower projects to continue in Myanmar: Govt
Deputy water and energy minster says that development of projects like Myitsone should recommence so that Myanmar can distribute adequate electricity.
The loneliness of a whistleblower in Vietnam
He kept reporting wrongdoings by China’s Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Engineering Group Co., Ltd, but he never had anyone by his side.
The unseen human cost of cheap power
Thai consumers should think about the victims and survivors of the devastating 2018 Lao dam collapse when looking at their electricity bills.
BCPG eager to build Asean’s largest wind farm in Laos
Will cast US$ 840 million, with a capacity of 600 megawatts, on 400,000 rai near the Mekong River across Ubon Ratchathani–power to be sold to Vietnam.