No more dams on the Mekong! Read the latest option piece from the The New York Times The rush to build big dams along the lower Mekong reflects an outdated vision of energy policy; it is a throwback to the environmentally irresponsible hydropower ambitions of the 1960s. Setting up a bold and generous start-up funding mechanism that promotes other ways of meeting the region’s energy demand is a much better approach: It would stabilize relations among the states that share the Mekong, even as it protected that mighty river.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:39:21 +0000