Fair deal for displaced families?

The government will set a humane precedence with the Punatsangchhu hyroproject displaced

10 June, 2009 - The 89 families that will have to make way for the 1200 MW Punatsangchhu dam, the largest number of people ever displaced in such circumstances in Bhutan, may just get the compensation they desire.  The minister of economic affairs, Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, said...

In response to a letter from Sen. Patrick Leahy and Congressman Barney Frank , Sec. of State Timothy Geithner made a strong commitment to personaly convey to ADB President Kuroda the need for an improved safeguard policy. Senators Leahy and Congressman Frank express concern that the working draft revision could "exclude thousands of displaced people from coverage by diminishing the scope of its involuntary resettlement policy to include only persons displaced by land acquistiion. The policy also places undue reliance on cash compensation as a means to protect livelihoods of affected persons without ensuring livelihood security through other appropriate means." 

 BY: JOE McDONALD and CHARLES J. HANLEY, Associated Press Writers Joe Mcdonald And Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press Writers – Sun Jan 25, 2:11 pm ET

XIAOXI, China – The hydroelectric dam, a low wall of concrete slicing across an old farming valley, is supposed to help a power company in distant Germany contribute to saving the climate — while putting lucrative "carbon credits" into the pockets of Chinese developers.  But in the end the new Xiaoxi dam may do nothing to lower global-warming emissions as advertised....