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Brian Eyler
@brianeyler.bsky.social
Stimson Center Energy, Water, Sustainability Program Director. I’m into rivers, earth observation, promoting climate resilience globally. #Mekong #Goose #turnonyoursatellites mekongmonitor.stimson.org
Toxic pollution from unregulated Chinese mines in Myanmar is killing the Mekong.

Here my teammate @regankwan and I share some of our observations on this looming health and environmental crisis.

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Toxic Rare Earth Mining is Ruining Mekong Tributaries in the Golden Triangle • Stimson Center
Community activists and experts in Chiang Rai, Thailand are calling for urgent attention to a looming health and environmental crisis plaguing their rivers and floodplains.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is the best explainer I’ve seen so far of the rare earth mining pollution issue in the Mekong. @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social @cnn.com @channelnewsasia.bsky.social it’s time for you to cover this story. This is the absolute worst thing to happen to the the Mekong.

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Skin rashes and deformed fish: How rare earth mining is destroying vital Thai rivers
YouTube video by SBS News
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September 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I gave an interview to Chinese state media (Hong Kong Radio) on the Super Dam in Tibet on the Brahamaputra. I’m surprised they ran it uncensored given my concerns.

Didn’t talk about impacts to Tibetans though - stay tuned for a new podcast abt that.

www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3...
香港電台第三台 Trending China - Mega dam construction
This week, we explore the mainland’s hydropower project on Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo River—hailed by Premier Li Qiang as the “project of the century”. Set to become the world’s largest hydropower source...
www.rthk.hk
September 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I gave an interview to Chinese state media (Hong Kong Radio) on the Super Dam in Tibet on the Brahamaputra. I’m surprised they ran it uncensored given my concerns.

Didn’t talk about impacts to Tibetans though - stay tuned for a new podcast abt that.

www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3...
香港電台第三台 Trending China - Mega dam construction
This week, we explore the mainland’s hydropower project on Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo River—hailed by Premier Li Qiang as the “project of the century”. Set to become the world’s largest hydropower source...
www.rthk.hk
September 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The biggest foreign policy issue directly affecting Americans that we aren’t paying enough attention to.

www.stimson.org/2024/to-prot...
To Protect Americans, Prioritize Countering Cyber Scam Operations in the Indo-Pacific • Stimson Center
Cyber scams targeting Americans are a national security threat requiring a unified government response and coordination with allies facing similar risks.
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November 27, 2024 at 2:49 AM