Tag Archives: Probe International

Farewell, CIDA

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

(April 2, 2013) Now-abolished foreign aid pork barrel won’t be missed. Patricia Adams’ epitaph for CIDA. Continue reading →

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Dam fever threatens viability of Three Gorges Dam

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

(June 6, 2012) Reporter Shi Jiangtao sounds the alarm on China’s dam-building frenzy along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, revisiting the findings of the 2011 Probe International study, “A Mighty River Runs Dry,” by geologist Fan Xiao. Continue reading →

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Press Release: Three Gorges tourism – boom or bust?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

(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 →

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Three Gorges Dam failing: Chinese dam increases risk of earthquakes

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

(April 20, 2012) A report by the environmental group Probe International shows 20 dams in the upper Yangtze are in seismically active territory. But moving citizens could take some convincing. Those who have been relocated for the Three Gorges Dam have experienced trouble getting settled and finding work. Continue reading →

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China’s Three Gorges Dam prompts more evacuations

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

(April 19, 2012) Around 20,000 residents from the vicinity of China’s massive Three Gorges Dam face relocation because their homes are at risk from “constant landslides.” Patricia Adams, editor of online news portal Three Gorges Probe, writes: “Twenty years later, the critics have been proven right on all counts.” Continue reading →

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Press Release: Feverish Chinese dam building could trigger tsunami

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

(April 4, 2012) A new report finds more than 130 large dams being built in western China could trigger disaster — earthquakes, even tsunamis — due to their construction in seismic hazard zones. Continue reading →

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Global warming fears help fuel destruction of China’s rivers, says independent Chinese researcher

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

(March 27, 2012) Fears over climate change and the potential for profit are behind a dam-building boom in China that, without public oversight, is running roughshod over the country’s environmental legacy and the livelihood of its people. Property rights must be respected, says the author of a new report. Continue reading →

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Press Release: What have we learned? After Three Gorges Dam

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

(March 27, 2012) Probe International is cosponsoring an upcoming two-day symposium on the impacts of the Three Gorges Dam with the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, at the University of California, Berkeley. The symposium will gather scientists and experts from China, and elsewhere, to discuss emerging problems with the world’s largest electricity-generating plant in order to mitigate harm and to inform future investments in China’s power sector. The symposium will be held on April 13th and 14th, at Wurster Hall, University of California, Berkeley. Continue reading →

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