-----Original Message----- From: Lynette Dumble [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 4:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GSN] #1 Update on the Sardar Sarovar Protest - US interview with Arundhati Roy From: Lynette Dumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear all, The following contains details for accessing a great conversation between Patrick McCully, campaigns coordinator International Rivers Network, and Arundhati Roy during her recent lecture tour of the US. Warmest regards etc., Lynette. ========================= http://www.wbur.org/connection/archive/1999/11/1103a.shtml Politics and Consequences of Dams. There are over 75,000 dams in North America (fact: IRN.org). November 3, 1999. It was those famous big dams like the Hoover Dam and the Glen Canyon Dam in the early part of the 20th century that brought water and power to the west. Dams were one of those big technological ideas that America was built on and American engineers have built 75,000 of them in the last 50 years. And the whole world, especially the developing world, has been following their example. Large dam projects control the waters of the Nile, the Ganges, the Yangtze and almost every major river in the world. But now the big new American environmental idea is to tear them down. River activists say they destroy water ecosystems. They kill off freshwater fish. And they often make flooding much worse. The technology came with an environmental cost in America and it's even worse in the third world where millions of people have to be moved to make room for the dams. Dams may not be the solution to development; they may be the problem. We're haveing a conversation about dams with Arundhati Roy, activist and author of "The God of Small Things," and Patrick McCully, campaigns coordinator International Rivers Network in the first hour of the Connection. to a recording of this show or; Order a tape. � International Rivers Network. � A short history of the TVA. � Damning Dams.E. The Environmental Magazine. � Sketches and photographs of most major American damns. Bureau of Reclamation Concrete Dams. -- Suggest a Link for this page -- --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GET WHAT YOU DESERVE! A NextCard Platinum VISA: Get an APR as low as 2.9 Intro & NO annual fee! Apply online today! <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/nextcard16 ">Click Here</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
