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    Rural Burma still lit by candles, kerosene and batteries
    March 29, 2017in Electricity, Feature, Lead Story, News216by THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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    Rural Burma still lit by candles, kerosene and batteries

    Generators are expensive. Pact says one hour of diesel power in rural Burma costs roughly the same as 24 hours of power in Rangoon.

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    Rethinking Burma’s waterways through Foucault’s biopolitics
    February 23, 2017in Analysis, Contributor, Lead Story, Opinion429by KYUNGMEE KIM
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    Rethinking Burma’s waterways through Foucault’s biopolitics

    Perspectives on Burma’s waterways have been polarised into two competing positions: focusing on developing its vast hydropower potential and advocating for local communities’ needs and concerns.

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    Protesters rail against hydropower as sectoral workshop held in Myitkyina
    January 31, 2017in Electricity, Kachin, Lead Story, News14by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Protesters rail against hydropower as sectoral workshop held in Myitkyina

    Activists and members of the public in Myitkyina staged a protest on Tuesday against hydroelectric dam proposals as a workshop was being held in the Kachin State capital to discuss…

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    Hundreds of CSOs demand safe, sustainable energy plan
    December 14, 2016in Electricity, Energy, Environment, Lead Story, Natural resources, News760by KIMBERLEY PHILLIPS / DVB
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    Hundreds of CSOs demand safe, sustainable energy plan

    A coalition of 422 civil society and environmental groups are calling on the government to halt all proposed coal and large-scale hydropower projects, citing a raft of negative impacts on…

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    Questions raised over reported Kokang kidnapping
    October 11, 2016in Kokang, Lead Story, Media, News54by DVB
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    Questions raised over reported Kokang kidnapping

    Burmese military media have reported that Kokang rebels abducted five workers from a hydropower plant in Laogai.

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    Salween documentary warns of mass flooding
    September 28, 2016in Electricity, Environment, Lead Story, News415by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Salween documentary warns of mass flooding

    A series of small islands on the Salween River is at risk of ‘going under’ if construction of a hydro-power dam goes ahead as planned, says a local NGO.

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