Resurrecting Another Marcos Era Ghost A Bad Idea: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
After allowing the burial of the remains of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the…
Trust, Communication, Data, Behind Nam Ngum Basin Success
Construction of the Nam Ngum hydropower plant started in 1968. Harnessing the power of the…
Ban the bag: Cambodia plastic bag law approaches reality (videos)
The days of Cambodia waterways and roadsides littered by discarded plastic bags could be just…
Government Ineptitude Turns Koh Tao Into Filthy Cesspool
The scene of a grisly double murder, a bungled police investigation, and a gross miscarriage…
Food Security Challenges Asia’s Rising Prosperity
Asia’s economic growth over the last decade has been relentless, bringing with it a rising…
Indonesia forest fires carbon emissions surpass all of EU (video)
Indonesia forest fires last year released 11.3 million tonnes of carbon per day, exceeding the…
Philippine mining sector: polluting mines to be closed (video)
Newly appointed Philippines environment secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez has warned the Philippines mining sector that…
Money for mass Vietnam fish die-off puts pressure on Formosa and government
After a long wait the Vietnamese government late last month declared the cause behind possibly…
Dead fish present challenges for new Vietnam leadership
Over the past month an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale has unfolded along Vietnam’s north-central…
Keeping Jakarta Safe From Floods
Every year food vendor Suwadi dreads the rainy season – and the ensuing Jakarta floods.…
Reservoirs & Pumps to Combat HCMC Floods as Development Sinks City
Southern Vietnam may be in the midst of a historic drought, but a major concern…
Mekong Delta Drought Wreaking Economic Havoc
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region is known as a famously productive agricultural area thanks to the…
Indonesian navy scuttles FV Viking, world’s most-wanted IUU pirate fishing ship (videos)
One of the world’s most wanted pirate fishing ships, the FV Viking, has been dramatically…
Don Sahong Dam dooms Irrawaddy dolphins, fledgling Cambodia eco-tourism industry (videos)
One of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong winds its way through the steaming jungles…
Myanmar’s Thilawa SEZ: at what human cost? (video)
Developers vaunt Myanmar’s Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as ‘the most advanced of Myanmar’s three…
Skyrocketing Car Ownership in Vietnam Not Without Problems
Stop at a red light in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and it’s…