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The Mekong river
What is the future of the Mekong River?
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Climate Change in Southeast Asia 2
What will be the impact on energy production in Southeast Asia of global climate change?
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Climate Change in Southeast Asia 3
Will the impact of global climate change on Southeast Asia encourage governments to turn to nuclear energy?
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How Hydroelectric Power Plants Work
Hydroelectric power is a clean, renewable energy source that can be further tapped to help meet global energy needs in the future, as petroleum becomes scarcer.
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Dammed if it is and Dammed if it isn't
Dams have provided us with abundant electrical power, flood control and support for irrigation projects. But at what price?
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Engineering the Three Gorges Dam
China's Three Gorges Dam provided designers and construction crews with several engineering challenges.
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Niagara Falls Tourism Series – The Niagara Falls
Find out all about the tourist attractions based around the Niagara Falls, the Niagara Gorge, and the Niagara River in this tourist guide for the popular Canadian city.
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Pakistan Power Project
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Visit the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River
With great views and interesting interpretive programs, visitor centers at Bonneville Dam and Lock offer excellent learning opportunities for visitors, free of charge.
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A look at food security issues relevant to Africa: Part II
This article aims to draw attention to the abundance of resources, notably in Africa, that are not exploited to any significant level
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Alternative Energy Sources in Our Homes
What kinds of alternative energy sources can you implement in your home?
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Alternative Sources of Automobile Fuels
Auto companies are scrambling to produce cars that run on green energy, but the viable alternatives to fossil fuels seem confined to electricity, bioenergy and hydrogen.
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Biomass Energy Fuels Debate on Best Alternative
One of the most plentiful alternative energy sources is biomass energy. It is plentiful, renewable and also recovers and recycles waste and waste by-products.
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Carbon Offsets and Emissions Trading Schemes
Carbon offsets and emissions trading schemes are two ways in which businesses can be environmentally responsible without making major changes.
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Dam It! No, Wait!
Why do we keep damming rivers? What are the tradeoffs?
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Environmental Impacts of Alternative Energy
Switching to "clean energy" sources will not solve the environmental problems associated with energy use. Alternative sources of energy can also damage the environment.
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Indian Business Growing Despite Mumbai Attacks
Recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai are unlikely to affect Indian business especially as it is benefiting from highly educated refugees from the financial meltdown.
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Power from Ethanol Fuel Cells
Using ethanol as the hydrogen storage medium for fuel cells could solve the safety problems associated with the storage of hydrogen gas.
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Thai Indigenous Dispossession
Officials plan to use Thai villages for a development project, displacing over 80 000 indigenous people.
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Ways to Go Green This Spring!
When better than springtime to find ways to help the environment? Who doesn't want clean air to breathe, pristine lakes to fish in, and a few more dollars in the bank?
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Alternative Power Generation
Use and improvements made to small-scale power generation systems could beneficial to the economy of rural Alaska.
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GDP Estimates for Richest Countries in 2009
The slowdown for the American economy looks more like a mild speed bump when compared with the dramatic declines faced by wealthy Canadian and U.K. trade partners.
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Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms
More could be done to implement the Kyoto Protocol's three mechanisms meant to increase flexibility and share the burden in the struggle to combat global climate change.
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Review of The Dammed by Fred Pearce
Despite disastrous human, political and environmental consequences, developing countries are still intent on building large dams and complicated water projects.
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Cities in the Sky
<b><i>The</i></b> plan. Well, OK, <b>a</b> plan.
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BAIT FISHING JUSTIFIED: Part two of three: ON THE WAY TO TODAY
Historic basis of bait fishing and its effectiveness considered.
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