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West Africa Hopes New Hydropower Dams Will Cut Poverty, Climate Risk
2013-12-18 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: West African states in the Niger River Basin are seeking to tackle climate risks and reduce poverty by constructing three hydropower dams in the next five years. In late November, the Council of Ministers of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA), meeting in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, endorsed an environmental and climate action plan for sustainable management of the scenic basin and its rich natural resources, which have come under threat from climate change. The projects include a 102 megawatt (MW)...
Beware of Ice Dams: How to Prevent and Remove Them
2013-12-11 23:02:17| About Home Repair
The winter storms are kicking into full force this year and soon icicles will be everywhere. Although icicles may look attractive hanging from eaves of homes they signal a more ominous condition known as an ice dam....Read Full Post
Large Dams in Asia
2013-11-20 02:49:20| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
Contested Environments between Technological Hydroscapes and Social Resistanceseries:Advances in Asian Human-Environmental ResearchThis book explores the multi-dimensional asymmetries of scale, time, and directions in the large dam controversy with a regional focus on Asia, especially on India and China. Whereas the concept of large-scale transformation of fluvial environments into technological hydroscapes originated in the West, widespread construction of large dams started in the countries of the Global South in the ...
Large Dams in Asia
2013-11-17 01:03:11| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
Contested Environments between Technological Hydroscapes and Social Resistanceseries:Advances in Asian Human-Environmental ResearchThis book explores the multi-dimensional asymmetries of scale, time, and directions in the large dam controversy with a regional focus on Asia, especially on India and China. Whereas the concept of large-scale transformation of fluvial environments into technological hydroscapes originated in the West, widespread construction of large dams started in the countries of the Global South in the ...
How Hundreds of 'Significant Hazard' Dams Escape State Inspection
2013-10-16 01:13:35| Waste Management - Topix.net
A photo of a rusted out pipe taken during an inspection of a dam. This picture is now used in dam safety workshops presented by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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