To Dam or Not to Dam: Proposed Laos Project Would Generate Income, but Environmental Damage Threatens
Four of the world’s 10 largest freshwater fish migrate up the Mekong River to spawn, yet the lives of these big fish—which can grow to be the length of a four-door car and weigh over 1,300 pounds—are at risk should a hydropower plant be built on a stretch of the river in northwestern Laos. The […]