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Air pollution harder to deny in cyber China
(February 1, 2012) China’s cyber citizens, or ‘netizens’ as they are known, are forcing their government to come clean-er on air pollution. Continue reading
Chinese citizens demand better air
(November 16, 2011) Residents of Beijing and other Chinese cities are pushing for better air quality monitoring, as PM2.5 levels are now either not monitored or not made public. Continue reading
China’s air pollution problem
Patricia Adams of Probe International says worse things are happening to China’s air than increased CO2 emissions: “Nitrogen oxides and mercury are also emitted when hydrocarbons are burned and those emissions are truly troubling.” Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Credit Watch, China Pollution
Tagged air pollution, air quality, carbon dioxide, China, CO2, coal, mercury, NOx
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Misery along the Yangtze provokes frank discussions about the “monstrous” Three Gorges dam
(June 12, 2011) A consensus is building that the Three Gorges dam, which the Shanghai Daily calls “that” monstrous damming project,” dried downstream lakes. Predictions to this end made by renowned hydraulic engineer Huang Wanli, nearly 20 years ago, prove to be eerily accurate. Continue reading
China’s mea culpa: Three Gorges Dam problems must be “solved urgently”
(May 19, 2011) Amid power shortages and potential catastrophe, China admits to failings in the Three Gorges Dam. Probe International Fellow Dai Qing responds from Beijing. Continue reading
Posted in China Energy Industry, China Pollution, China's Dams, Cracks in Three Gorges dam, Dai Qing and Three Gorges, Dams and Earthquakes, Interviews with Dai Qing, News Coverage About Dai Qing, Probe International in the News, RIS, Three Gorges, Three Gorges Probe, Yangtze Drought and Pollution, Yangtze Power, Zipingpu
Tagged catastrophe, China, Dai Qing, earthquakes, geological hazards, Patricia Adams, reservoir-induced seismicity, RIS, Three Gorges, Zipingpu
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Controversial Three Gorges dam has problems, admits China
(May 19, 2011) The world’s largest hydroelectric project was designed to tame the flood-prone Yangtze River and to generate clean energy. But the water is becoming polluted, and regular landslides are making life near the dam dangerous. Three Gorges dam is “a classic case in which government officials exaggerated the benefits and underestimated the risks,” says Patricia Adams of Probe International. Continue reading
Garbage Country
(May 14, 2011) If China has a garbage crisis, and it does, then Three Gorges is likely its biggest dump. Continue reading
Posted in China Pollution, China's Dams, RIS, Three Gorges Probe, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Yangtze Drought and Pollution
Tagged Dam, garbage, hydropower, Lisa Peryman, Three Gorges, Three Gorges Dam, Three Gorges reservoir level, Yangtze garbage, Yangtze pollution, Yangtze River
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