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The day dams silenced Luang Prabang
Life, Published on 19/02/2024
» While almost 10 hydropower mega-dams have been removed across the United States to revitalise rivers and people's lives, the governments of Laos and Thailand have reached an agreement to construct more such dams on the mainstream of the Lower Mekong River. Eleven dams are planned, despite the devastating consequences of two already operational dams on the river's ecosystem and the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on it.
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Another construction death on Rama II Road
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/01/2024
» A construction worker was killed and another badly injured when a sling broke, causing the basket of a crane suspended in the air to collapse on Rama II Road in Bang Khunthian district of Bangkok on Thursday.
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Another construction fatality on Rama II Road
Online Reporters, Published on 18/01/2024
» A construction worker was killed and another one badly injured when a sling broke, causing the basket of a crane suspended in the air to collapse on Rama II Road in Bang Khunthian district of Bangkok on Thursday.
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Young climate activists say: 'We'll see you in court'
News, Published on 04/10/2023
» It doesn't get more David versus Goliath than the latest case to be heard before the Grand Chamber at the European Court of Human Rights. Six youngsters from Portugal, represented by a small crowdfunded legal team, charged 32 countries and their 86-strong team of lawyers with climate crimes last week. It's part of a wave of judicial mobilisation seeking to ensure climate agreements aren't just words on paper.
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Death toll rises from flooding after Ukraine dam breach
Published on 18/06/2023
» The death toll from flooding following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam has risen to 16 in Ukraine, Kyiv officials said, while Russian officials said 29 people have died in territories that Moscow controls.
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What we know about Ukraine dam destruction
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» KYIV: The Russian-held Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine was ripped open after an explosion in the early hours of Tuesday, according to multiple accounts.
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Laos' heritage town needs preservation
News, Tom Fawthrop, Published on 27/05/2023
» Few sites anywhere in Asia can match the charm and cultural importance of Luang Prabang, the old royal capital of Laos situated on the Mekong River. With a legacy dating back some 800 years, the town and its verdant riverside surroundings were inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1995.
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Mining giant BHP faces $12bn damages trial over Brazil dam collapse
AFP, Published on 22/12/2022
» LONDON: The global mining firm BHP must stand trial in the UK to face an estimated £10-billion ($12 billion) damages claim over a deadly 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, a judge has ruled.
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75 dead in India bridge collapse
AFP, Published on 31/10/2022
» AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - At least 75 people were killed on Sunday in India after an almost 150-year-old colonial-era pedestrian bridge collapsed, sending scores of people tumbling into the river below.
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Mine waste threat 'never really left'
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 09/10/2022
» The dirt wall holding in mucky waste from diamond mining grew over the years to resemble a wide, towering plateau. Suspended like a frozen tsunami over neat tracts of Monopoly-like homes in the rural South African mining town of Jagersfontein, the dam alarmed residents who feared it might collapse.
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