Tag Archives: Dam

China’s RIS threat a disaster in the making

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

(February 25, 2012) The breakneck pace of dam construction in China increases the risk of reservoir induced seismicity. But, without freedom of information and a justice system that allows victims to sue for redress, will killer dams ever come to light? Chinese power companies hope not. Now, an intrepid reporter from Beijing’s Caixin Net is on the trail of unreported RIS cases. Continue reading →

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Dam postponement seen as rebuke to Beijing

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Myanmar’s announced cancellation of the Myitsone dam on the Irrawaddy River has brought long-standing tensions with China into the open – including setting off conflicts with the Kachin Independence Organization in the north of the country. “It may be that the Myanmar government sees Chinese investment, in particular the Myitsone dam, as a destabilising force,” said Patricia Adams. Continue reading →

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China to build sixty new hydro projects in five years

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

An article by China Energy News Net reveals that China’s next Five-Year Plan will put huge emphasis on hydropower, with plans to build major projects on most of the large rivers originating in the Tibetan plateau and to use 100% of eastern/central China’s hydropower potential. Continue reading →

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Garbage Country

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

(May 14, 2011) If China has a garbage crisis, and it does, then Three Gorges is likely its biggest dump. Continue reading →

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Chileans protest government approval of five Patagonia dams

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

(May 10, 2011) Dam projects are drawing increased criticism in South America, which boasts three of the world’s four biggest hydroelectric dam complexes. Chile is pushing forward with a $7 billion dam project. Continue reading →

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Cancel the Xayaburi Dam

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

(May 6, 2011) The Save the Mekong coalition and its alliances have called for the halt of construction activity at the dam site and for the Government of Thailand to cancel its plans to purchase the dam’s electricity. Many groups from around the Mekong region have also called for cancellation of the Xayaburi Dam as it would jeopardize the livelihoods and food security of millions of people in the region. Continue reading →

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Dai Qing: On The Completion of the Three Gorges Project

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

(April 7, 2011) Dai Qing, Chinese investigative journalist and Probe International Fellow, delivered the following speech about the Three Gorges Dam project in November 2010 while on a speaking tour in British Columbia, Canada. In her address, she reports that the problems predicted by dam critics published in her books, “Yangtze! Yangtze!” and “The River Dragon Has Come!,” are now coming true. Continue reading →

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Beijing’s massive water diversion project could trigger earthquakes: experts

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

(March 28, 2011) A new study warns that plans to raise the Danjiangkou Dam could lead to earthquakes of greater than 4.0 on the Richter Scale. Experts say the dam triggered an earthquake of M 4.7 in 1973. Continue reading →

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