Category Archives: Dams and Landslides

Geology expert Yang Yong on the challenges facing China’s most controversial dam projects

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

(January 5, 2012) Yang Yong on the future of river management in China and the issues currently facing the country’s more controversial dam projects. Continue reading →

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Earthquakes, dams and responsibility

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

(November 21, 2011) Matt Ridley, writing about dams and induced seismicity in the Wall Street Journal, cites Probe International’s reports on the consequences of building the Three Gorges Dam: the Yangtze is drying up downstream, and seismic activity has increased 30-fold. Continue reading →

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Liu Zhi: “Chaos reigns in China’s river valleys”

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

(September 29, 2011) Liu Zhi from the Beijing-based Transition Institute looks at China’s costly and chaotic dam-building spree, and the legal and economic reasons behind the bad investments. Continue reading →

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China’s deadly dam fever

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

(August 31, 2011) Financial rewards for bypassing dam safety procedures have
created an unrestrained dam-building boom in China that is threatening lives and the
environment. Continue reading →

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China dam shocker spreads

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

(August 26, 2011) China’s precarious dam reality has moved out into the open. Continue reading →

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Dams gone wrong: Is danger lurking in China’s dams?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

(August 24, 2011) One of China’s premier investigative news agencies reveals China’s dams “are like ticking time bombs:” beset by disaster, flaws, poor construction, neglect, and fraud. Continue reading →

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Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi urges Burma to save the Irrawaddy

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

(August 16, 2011) Burma’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, has called for a reassessment of Burma’s massive 6,000 MW Irrawaddy Myitsone dam project. Continue reading →

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China’s admission spotlights Three Gorges woes

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

(June 29, 2011) The recent drought and the government’s mea culpa have refocused attention on problems at China’s controversial Three Gorges Dam. “The dam is becoming a symbol of all that is wrong with political decision-making in China,” says Patricia Adams of Probe International. Continue reading →

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