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International experts to speak on the world’s water crisis
(April 10, 2012) Three international environmentalist activists, each an outspoken pioneer in challenging conventional assumptions about water use, share their insights and experience. Featuring Probe International’s Patricia Adams and Dai Qing. Continue reading
Beijing’s Water Crisis: Environment, Civil Engagement and Their International Relevance
(October 18, 2010) Dai Qing, a Probe International fellow and one of China’s most famous activists and journalists, will be speaking at the University of Victoria on November 5, 2010. Read the details below. Continue reading
Beijing’s water crisis unabated, neighbours pay the price
(July 20, 2010) Toronto / Beijing: Beijing’s water crisis remains unabated says a new report tracking where water to China’s capital city is sourced from. Continue reading
Beijing residents worry their city is running out of water, looking to government for action
(June 5, 2010) Three-quarters of those interviewed in a recent survey about Beijing’s water crisis say that they are concerned about the capital city’s water shortages and that they feel pollution and overexploitation of water are to blame. The survey, commissioned by Friends of Nature, China’s oldest environmental organization, was released in Beijing today, World Environment Day. Continue reading
A shortage of capital flows
(October 9, 2008) Probe International’s latest report is cited in an Economist article that describes how officials planned to divert water from Hebei province to Beijing for use during the Olympics, but instead waited until September 18th to begin the transfer. Continue reading
Beijing taps emergency water supply
(September 18, 2008) Probe International Fellow Dai Qing is surprised that Beijing is diverting water from Hebei province weeks after the government announced it wouldn’t need to do so for the Olympics. Continue reading
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Beijing’s water crisis
(July 26, 2008) Within a generation Beijing may cease to exist, environmentalists warn. Continue reading
Olympics suck up China’s already scarce water
(July 14, 2008) Beijing’s water transfers from north and south, along with a growing number of ultra-deep wells in the Karst Mountains near the city, are a recipe for environmental calamity, says Probe International report. Continue reading
