Tag Archives: hydropower

Global Protests Against Burmese Military Actions At Dams

By Katy Yan and Grace Mang Cross-posted from here Kachins protest at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco Last Friday, hundreds of people in the US, Denmark, United Kingdom, Malaysia, and elsewhere gathered to protest the recent deadly clashes between Burmese authorities and […]

Four officials taken hostage by Himachal villagers freed

cross posted from here Indo-Asian News Service June 22, 2011 Shimla, June. 22 — Four government functionaries associated with a mega hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district [India] were taken hostage by villagers protesting over environmental issues and released after a […]