Comments on: To hell with heffalumps http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/09/22/to-hell-with-heffalumps/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:10:35 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James Haughton http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/09/22/to-hell-with-heffalumps/comment-page-1/#comment-174777 James Haughton Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:21:36 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/09/22/to-hell-with-heffalumps/#comment-174777 Some similar cowboy capitalist exploitation of the environment (with added Australians) seems to be about to happen in Cambodia: http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=715&Itemid=31 Some similar cowboy capitalist exploitation of the environment (with added Australians) seems to be about to happen in Cambodia:
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=715&Itemid=31

]]> By: jonfernquest http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/09/22/to-hell-with-heffalumps/comment-page-1/#comment-171141 jonfernquest Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:17:08 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/09/22/to-hell-with-heffalumps/#comment-171141 Does seem like the Lao government is shooting itself in the foot. Will all those nice tourists want to go there anymore when the quaint little town that they loved so well is now a mercury poison dump? Does seem like the Lao government is shooting itself in the foot.

Will all those nice tourists want to go there anymore when the quaint little town that they loved so well is now a mercury poison dump?

]]> By: Teth http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/09/22/to-hell-with-heffalumps/comment-page-1/#comment-169745 Teth Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:00:34 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/09/22/to-hell-with-heffalumps/#comment-169745 Greenpeace is not the most reliable of organizations. Yet, I still stand with the author on this issue. The only coal that should be burnt is anthracite. Greenpeace is not the most reliable of organizations.

Yet, I still stand with the author on this issue. The only coal that should be burnt is anthracite.

]]> By: James Haughton http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/09/22/to-hell-with-heffalumps/comment-page-1/#comment-168759 James Haughton Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:10:45 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2007/09/22/to-hell-with-heffalumps/#comment-168759 Terrible. Perhaps we could organise a letter signed by academics etc who have worked in Laos which urges the government to reconsider this project? If approaching the Lao government directly is too confrontational & hence counterproductive, perhaps an approach to/through the Thai media urging BANPU, EGAT and EGPO not to provide funding for this project? Terrible.
Perhaps we could organise a letter signed by academics etc who have worked in Laos which urges the government to reconsider this project? If approaching the Lao government directly is too confrontational & hence counterproductive, perhaps an approach to/through the Thai media urging BANPU, EGAT and EGPO not to provide funding for this project?

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