71. Chinese plans to build dams have rankled its ASEAN neighbors, who claim that altering the flow of the Mekong could cause environmental damage. 72. Clean-up crews built dams in the ravine to prevent more of the spilled oil from reaching the river. 73. Critics of the project say flood control and hydropower could be achieved more cheaply and with less disruption by fortifying existing dikes and building smaller dams upstream. 74. Floods caused by the hurricanes led to a federal project to replumb South Florida, dredging a web of canals and building dams to control the water. 75. For energy-starved cities, Cardoso spoke of building hydroelectric dams, enlarging the oil refinery in Manaus and exploiting natural gas from the central Amazon. 76. Firms that used to build dams now focus on highways and airports while others have turned into dam maintenance specialists. 77. He and his son, Jeff, who now runs the Greenway Foundation, built three dams and two locks. 78. He also promised to build a dam in every district to provide farmers with water during droughts, a pledge he has made in previous elections. 79. Iraq and Syria are considering taking action against European companies which are helping Turkey build dams on the Euphrates River, a senior Iraqi official said Monday. 80. India has assured Nepal that it will not build a dam that could flood the birthplace of the Buddha, Nepalese officials said Sunday. |