8790 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://business-humanrights.org/en/china-ngo-challenges-hydropower-station-project-alleging-numerous-ecological-threats-flawed-environmental-impact-assessmentAuthor: Du Caicai, Li Rongde, Caixin (China) ...Trees have been felled and vegetation cleared upstream along the Xiaohei River in Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna prefecture to make way for a dam...Xiaohei River feeds the Luosuo River, a major tributary of the Mekong River...Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:10:00 +0100business-humanrights-ad6a97f9884369ce6dc7292c1a693a8720180323131000http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Seismologists_introduce_new_measure_of_earthquake_ruptures_999.htmlA team of seismologists has developed a new measurement of seismic energy release that can be applied to large earthquakes. Called the Radiated Energy Enhancement Factor (REEF), it provides a measure of earthquake rupture complexity that better captures variations in the amount and duration of slip....Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:22:00 +0100terradaily-0570268948a4a65a3ef1d1fc376e61b820180323112200http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2018032201480073.htmlA team of seismologists has developed a new measurement of seismic energy release that can be applied to large earthquakes. Called the Radiated Energy Enhancement Factor (REEF), it provides a measure of earthquake rupture complexity that better captures variations in the amount and duration of slip....Thu, 22 Mar 2018 05:40:00 +0100sciencenewsline-0bfc8634ba70e5e96ddcac562eeb75ee20180322054000http://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/tropical-storm-reaches-thailand-earthquake-reported-kanchanaburi-205508Bangkok – Thailand’s Meteorological Department has issued warnings for people in all provinces to brace for tropical storms from Wednesday through Friday. According to the Meteorological Department, an area of high air pressure from China, which is now moving towards the North East of Thailand, will....Thu, 22 Mar 2018 04:40:00 +0100pattayamail-30bd21f6158efe88bbb7402b62e45e6d20180322044000