Tag: local opposition
Laos Announces Another Controversial Dam on the Mekong
Laos notified the Mekong River Commission (MRC) last week of its intention to build a 770 megawatt dam at Pak Lay in Xayaburi province.
Environmental fears as EEC plans rushed
Local residents express worry: we fear the impacts on our way of life, as we do not see any development and promotion of … agriculture and fisheries, which are the livelihoods of local people, in the EEC plan.
300 billion baht for EEC development projects
It is confirmed that a total of 700 billion baht investment had been already made in the planned economic zone by the private sector.
Hardship and dedication in pursuit of a story
My day with the last ethnic families whose houses flooded by Lower Sesan II dam but refused to leave their homes: Reporter
‘Flawed’ EHIA for Thepa coal-fired plant approved
The Environmental and Health Impact Assessment (EHIA) on the Thepa coal-fired power plant has been approved over strong objections from opposing groups.
Powerful politicians ‘threatening’ power plant opponents
Local people are being threatened by the local powerful politicians in the bid to protest the waste-to-power plant projects across the country, while academics stress that construction of the plant in the right location will prevent conflict in the first place.
Land compensation issue remains unresolved
Although a verbal promise had been made for compensation to be paid for lands which were seized from a subsidiary of a Chinese firm Wanbao Mining, Myanmar Yang Tse is still operating the Sabetaung and Kyisintaung mines beside Letpadaung.
A rising chorus of voices condemns Laos’ planned Pak Beng dam
Activists, technical experts, and officials from other Mekong Basin countries have recently spoken out against plans to construct a mainstream dam at Pak Beng.
Locals protest copper company’s building of fences
Mining company Myanmar Yang Tse Copper Limited in Monywa, Sagaing Region has angered locals again after it built fences on their farmlands in Sabae Taung and Kyay Sin Taung areas.