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Mekong communities struggle as China tests dam equipment
Water levels have fluctuated sharply with testing but some are encouraged that China gave warning of its plan.
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World’s largest oasis threatened by climate change
The world’s largest oasis in the Moroccan region of Tafilalet is being threatened by climate change. Morocco has three major objectives: recognising issues related to climate change, preserving oases, and developing them to a single...
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Yukon government publishes report on Eagle gold mine heap leach failure's effects
The heap leach failure at Victoria Gold's eagle Gold mine in the Yukon had a quick and clear impact on the surrounding environment. Yukon government inspectors documented what was happening one day after the failure on June 24th. Their...
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Wells run dry in India as scorching heatwave and poor infrastructure worsen water crisis
No water in the well - rural areas around Mumbai go dry, to quench the thirst of India's largest city.
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Libya floods: Search and rescue uperations under way in Derna
Bodies are still washing up on the shores or decaying under rubble, nearly a week after devastating floods Libya.
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Mounting humanitarian crisis following Libyan floods
Bodies are being buried in mass graves in Libya as the number of dead continues to climb. Powerful flood waters broke two dams near the coastal city of Derna, sweeping whole neighbourhoods into the sea.
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Devastating Floods In Libya Claim Several Lives; 10,000 Missing, Dead Buried In Mass Graves
Over 5000 people are dead and 10,000 injured. Harrowing stories are coming of people being swept out to sea, while others clung to rooftops to survive.
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Ghana floods: High waters kill five, displace thousands
Massive floods in Ghana have killed at least five people and displaced thousands more.
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Giant stingray rescued in Cambodia
Cambodian fishermen and U.S. marine biologists saved a rare giant four-metre-long freshwater stingray that was caught on a fish hook in the Mekong River.
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Georgia hydropower project stirs environmental controversy
A hydropower project on one of Georgia's largest rivers has sparked the biggest environmental movement in the country in years.
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People in northern Ghana struggle to find water amid drought
Many rely on rivers, but these have dried up in recent months due to a lack of rainfall and hundreds of new dams have failed to help.
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US: Thousands evacuated in Michigan after two dams fail
Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the downtown in one town could be under more than 2.5 metres of water by late Wednesday.
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China demolishes 300 dams on Chishui He to protect Yangtze River habitat
China has demolished 300 dams and shut down most of the small hydropower stations on a major tributary of the upper Yangtze River to safeguard fish populations as part of an effort to restore the ecology of Asia’s longest waterway.
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Gov. Phil Murphy signs bill to get funding for dangerous dams after KIYC report
Following a Kane In Your Corner investigation last month, state lawmakers passed legislation to release the funds and Gov. Phil Murphy signed it into law.
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Beavers building waterfront home in Montreal suburb is a good thing, town says
While some Pointe-Claire, Que., residents are expressing concerns about damage to trees in a waterfront park, the city is urging them to leave the beavers who have been seen there recently alone.
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Carney questioned over Indigenous rights record at past company
While Mark Carney was an executive, global investment firm Brookfield was accused of breaching Indigenous rights or harming the environment in at least four countries. From 2020 to 2024, Brookfield-owned businesses faced reports of human...
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Western Quebec First Nation wants to make a dam on the Ottawa River safer for eels
Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg wants safety improvements to start at the Carillon Generating Station, which is in the midst of a refurbishment project. Experts say there has been a 99 per cent reduction in the American eel population.
Bloomberg
Why China Doesn't Need the World's Biggest Dam
China recently approved a hydroelectric mega-project. Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickling explains why it's not the best idea.
British Movietone
THE SUEZ CANAL SEIZED BY NASSER
That 100 mile international short cut to the Far East, the Suez Canal, was run by a Company with Britain as its biggest shareholders. Britain guarded it in two World Wars, and its used by a vast tonnage of British shipping, now Egypt's...
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IRAQ-GIANT BARRAGE
A flight over Samarra, to set the scene. The crumbling tower of an ancient mosque are striking landmarks. It's there on the Tigris, that one section of Iraq's vast flood control and irrigation scheme has been carried out - a scheme in...
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HIGHEST DAM
They're building a huge dam in Switzerland, which involves the laying of many tons of concrete. 1,400 workers are on the job and when finished in two years it will be the world's highest, about 930 feet. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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BELGIUM'S GIGANTIC DAM COMPLETED
At Eupen (near Liege) the dam on the river Vesdre has been inaugurated by Belgium's Minister for Public Works. Work on this large and important project was begun as long ago as 1935. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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FRANCE BUILDS GIANT DAM
A dam across the river Rhone has been built at Genissiat and the planned turbo-electric plant will be the largest in Europe. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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CAITHNESS WATER SCHEME
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