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Malaysia dam faces 'white elephant' claimsKuala Lumpur (AFP) Sept 12, 2010 The multi-billion-dollar Bakun dam in Borneo, already condemned as a catastrophe for the environment and tribal people, is now battling suggestions it could become a giant white elephant. The dam, which will eventually submerge an area the size of Singapore, is finally nearing completion after suffering a series of setbacks and delays since its approval in 1993. But at the last hurdle the project has stumbled again, with delays in winning the state government's permission to begin the flooding p ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Sep 10, 2010 Large-scale disposal of farmland by governments carries potential risks for their communities and the environment and will build economic and social pressures as new corporate or foreign state owners move in, a World Bank report warned. Drawing on firsthand data from 14 countries, the report followed persistent reports of large-scale farmland acquisitions by foreign investors, including ... more  
Oaxaca, Mexico (AFP) Sept 12, 2010Heavy downpours killed two teenagers and a man in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, bringing to 14 the toll from the unprecedented rainfall since late August, state authorities said Sunday. An adobe wall on a farm in Villa de Zaachila collapsed due to the water pressure and fell on three young men on Friday, Oaxaca civil protection chief Carlos Ramos told AFP. Two of the youths, aged ... more 
London (AFP) Sept 11, 2010Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf said people who donated money towards the country's flood relief effort should make sure aid organisations were not creaming off some of the funds. The retired army general said non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had to ensure that all the money should go to help victims. Musharraf, who lives in exile in London, is trying to raise money towa ... more |
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Better Ways To Engineer Earth's Climate To Prevent Dangerous Global WarmingCalgary, Canada (SPX) Sep 10, 2010 There may be better ways to engineer the planet's climate to prevent dangerous global warming than mimicking volcanoes, a University of Calgary climate scientist says in two new studies. "Releasing engineered nano-sized disks, or sulphuric acid in a condensable vapour above the Earth, are two novel approaches. These approaches offer advantages over simply putting sulphur dioxide gas into the atmosphere," says David Keith, a director in the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy ... read more |
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