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The landslide story
(May 22, 2013) Chinese experts in landslide and geohazard protection fear debris flows, triggered by an epic 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province, may pose a threat to the region for two decades. A tremendous amount of loose material from the landslides is suspended on hillslopes, ready to be washed away by rain. The potential for ongoing landslides and secondary hazards, such as flooding and blocked rivers, they argue, warrants further investigation. Continue reading →
On alert: RIS risk amid rash of earthquakes in China’s Sichuan-Yunnan region
(March 22, 2013) A new report, exclusive to Probe International, calls for urgent monitoring of China’s large dams in areas prone to seismic hazard. These areas may be at increased risk from dam reservoir-induced seismicity (RIS). Scientists have observed that reservoir impoundment may not only increase the risk of strong earthquakes, particularly in areas already vulnerable to high-intensity seismic activity, but may represent a more pronounced risk in the first few years after a dam is filled. Continue reading →
Posted in China's Dams, Dams and Earthquakes, Earthquake, RIS, Zipingpu
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Tagged China dams, earthquake hazard, Fan Xiao, landslides, reservoir-induced seismicity, RIS, sichuan, Yunnan
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Trouble on the Yangtze
(December 19, 2012) A central government plan to dramatically increase China’s reliance on non-fossil fuels will derive two-thirds of that target from hydropower – “an increase on par with adding nearly one Three Gorges Dam a year,” reports Jane Qiu for Science magazine. In her article on over-development of the country’s river pulse, the once mighty Yangtze, Qiu looks at the threat China’s damming fever poses to river habitats and species, the calamity potential of dam construction in quake-prone regions and mounting criticism of China’s biased environmental impact assessment process. Continue reading →
Posted in China's Dams, Dams and Earthquakes, Dams and Fish, Dams and Landslides, RIS, Three Gorges, Three Gorges Probe, Zipingpu
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Tagged 2008 Sichuan earthquake, China's dam explosion, disaster threat, earthquakes, endangered species, landslides, Three Gorges Dam, Yangtze River decline, Zipingpu dam
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Three Gorges Dam project complete but still under fire
(July 17, 2012) Probe International of Toronto has long been a critic of the Three Gorges dam project. Executive director Patricia Adams paints a scathing picture of the dam’s legacy so far in an article that appeared in the Huffington Post. Continue reading →
New wave of Three Gorges-sized dams raise old fears
(July 6, 2012) Experts fear a proposed dam cascade slated for the Jinsha River, a tributary of the upper Yangtze River, could spell disaster. Reports on dam construction in western China’s seismic hazard zones and the risks of over-damming, released by Probe International earlier this year, are highlighted. Continue reading →
Posted in China Energy Industry, China's Dams, Dams and Earthquakes, Dams and Landslides, Probe International in the News, Three Gorges Probe, Yangtze Floods and Drought
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Tagged China, collapsing dams, dam failure, disaster, Fan Xiao, Jinsha River, John Jackson, landslides, over-damming, Yangtze River
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German firm to help map landslide threat at Three Gorges Dam
(June 22, 2012) The threat of geological disaster in the Three Gorges Dam reservoir area has prompted authorities to call on outside experts for help. Continue reading →
Three Gorges Dam: Another 110,000 to join exodus out of harm’s way
(May 17, 2012) The latest phase of the Three Gorges Dam relocation effort is expected to move 110,000 out of the Three Gorges Dam danger zone to safer ground (earlier estimates put that number at around 100,000). A new report by Beijing’s Caixin Online looks deeper at the area’s growing instability, the disagreements over who pays for what, and how residents are coping as the earth shifts, literally, beneath them. Continue reading →
Posted in China's Dams, Dams and Earthquakes, Three Gorges, Three Gorges Probe
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Tagged cracks, danger zone, exodus, landslides, relocation effort, Three Gorges Dam reservoir
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Press Release: Three Gorges tourism – boom or bust?
(April 24, 2012) The Three Gorges Dam project was supposed to energize the Three Gorges region but a new study from Probe International reveals the dam is jeopardizing a once spectacular gorges region and water tourist idyll, and has drained the area’s vitality, stability and ecology. Continue reading →
Posted in Three Gorges Probe, Dams and Earthquakes, Probe International in the News, Three Gorges, Dams and Landslides, China's Dams, Yangtze Power, Yangtze Drought and Pollution, Dams and Fish, Sediment, Yangtze Floods and Drought
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Tagged Three Gorges Dam, Probe International, landslides, Environmental damage, Professor Chen Guojie, Three Gorges tourism, eyesore
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