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The Yangtze runs dry
(August 18, 2011) “The Yangtze River will run dry” because engineers have gone wild, building so many dams that their combined reservoir volume will exceed the Yangtze’s flow, says “A Mighty River Runs Dry,” a new study by geologist Fan Xiao of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau in China. Because there isn’t enough water in the Yangtze to fill all the dams to their designated capacity, “an enormous waste of money” will result and the losses to China’s economy, 40 per cent of which comes from agriculture, fishing, industry and shipping along the Yangtze, could be staggering. Continue reading
Posted in Beijing Water, China's Dams, Probe International in the News, South-North Water Diversion Project, Three Gorges Probe, Water Companies, Yangtze Drought and Pollution, Yangtze Floods and Drought, Yangtze Power
Tagged China's water crisis, Fan Xia, hydropower, Patricia Adams, Probe International, Three Gorges Dam, unchecked hydropower development, Yangtze drought, Yellow River
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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
The Three Gorges Dam ‘failure’
(June 3, 2011) The Three Gorges Dam project failed to consider the full impact it would have on the ecological environment during its early design, an official admitted yesterday.
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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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