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Dear DOGE, it's high time to tear down those dams!
News, Published on 12/07/2025
» No big government infrastructure project made an imprint on the landscape and economy of the West more than the US Bureau of Reclamation's 20th century dam-building spree, which peppered 490 dams across the country, created an agricultural civilisation dependent on federal hydrology civil engineering, and brought about a welter of environmental difficulties after drying up dozens of once-healthy rivers.
US states reach agreement to save dwindling Colorado River
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Western US states said Monday they have reached an agreement to cut the amount of water they take from the dwindling Colorado River, which is threatened by a quarter of a century of drought and worsening climate conditions.
US states reach agreement to save dwindling Colorado River
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» LOS ANGELES - The US government announced Monday that several western states have reached an historic agreement to conserve water from the dwindling Colorado River, which is threatened by a quarter century of drought and worsening climate conditions.
Droughts Take Widening Toll On World's Largest Economies
Business, Published on 23/08/2022
» Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere -- stretching from the farms of California to waterways in Europe and China -- are further snarling supply chains and driving up the prices of food and energy, adding pressure to a global trade system already under stress.
Panupong arrested at site of PM's visit
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 25/08/2020
» Student activist Panupong Jadnok was detained on Monday while he was protesting in Rayong outside a market being visited by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
The Yokohama model
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 31/07/2017
» To attract international trade and investment, as well as talent and tourism, Asian cities have to develop highly livable and sustainable urban environments. Yokohama is leading the way with innovative urban planning and is now helping its peers in Southeast Asia to upgrade their appeal.
China's high-altitude land grab
Asia focus, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 26/06/2017
» Bite by kilometre-size bite, China is eating away at India's Himalayan borderlands. For decades, Asia's two giants have fought a bulletless war for territory along their high-altitude border. Recently, though, China has become more assertive, underscoring the need for a new Indian containment strategy.
Japan PM Abe halts US base construction in Okinawa for now
AFP, Published on 04/03/2016
» TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday he has agreed to suspend construction of a controversial US military base on Okinawa, a rare conciliatory step aimed at easing tension with the southern island.
Nine Chinese fishermen freed from Philippine jail
AFP, Published on 10/06/2015
» MANILA - The Philippines has freed nine Chinese fishermen convicted of poaching endangered sea turtles after they completed one-year jail terms, officials said on Wednesday.
Philippines accuses China coastguard of armed robbery
AFP, Published on 23/04/2015
» MANILA - The Philippines accused the Chinese coastguard on Thursday of robbing Filipino fishermen at gunpoint during a series of confrontations at a disputed shoal in the hotly contested South China Sea.