In Myanmar (Burma), the Asia News Network reported on August 20, 2011 that villagers renewed their calls for the halt to a controversial new dam project, the Kaeng Sua Ten, saying that extreme and repeated flooding endured for years from existing dams has not yet been addressed.

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110820-295327.html

Students from the University of Warsaw in Poland unveil in mid-August 2011 an updated  prototype of the Droplet, a 40-kilogram, three-wheeled vehicle that can travel up to 659 kilometers on one liter of gasoline.

http://en.rian.ru/video/20110815/165799023.html
http://sanu.co.in/polish-car-droplet-of-1-liter-of-fuel-is-enough-for-659-kilometers/
http://www.tvn24.pl/0,1713600,0,1,benzyna-po-6-zlotych-na-ratunek-kropelka,wiadomosc.html


The China oil subsidiary of US-based ConocoPhillips reported on August 21, 2011 that it is assessing potential damage to wildlife and the environment after finding nine new sources of oil spills from a platform in the North China Sea's Bohai Bay.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2011-08/21/c_131063433.htm
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1684394