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Chinese Paddlefish’s worst predator: the Chinese Communist Party
(August 14, 2012) Having survived dinosaurs and the Ice Age, China’s legendary Paddlefish has met its gravest threat – Chinese Communist Party officials intent on building dams on the Yangtze to inflate their economic achievements, but that block fish migratory routes. Continue reading
Posted in China Energy Industry, China's Dams, Dams and Fish
Tagged Bo Xilai, bribes, Chinese Communist Party, Corruption, Dams, Paddlefish, Patrick Chovanec, Weng Lida, Xiaonanhai, Yangtze
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Dam madness
(July 4, 2012) As the fierce struggle between China’s hydropower industry and environmental conservationists rages anew, what has become clear in the meanwhile: the country’s rivers cannot sustain the current pace of development. Continue reading
China’s hydropower output drops
(October 20, 2011) Two recent reports show that China’s hydropower output has fallen drastically over the past year, as decreased runoff from major rivers has led to falling reservoir levels in China’s major dams. The Bureau of Statistics stated that hydropower output was one-fifth lower than last September, while the National Development and Reform Commission measured a decrease of 24.5% – a loss of nearly a quarter. Continue reading
Posted in China Energy Industry, China's Dams
Tagged China's Dams, China's hydropower, china's rivers, drought, Yangtze, Yellow River
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Yangtze fish take a hit
(July 19, 2011) China’s weekly newspaper, the Economic Observer, says the Three Gorges dam is the primary reason for the demise of the Yangtze’s “big four” fish species. By changing the hydrological regime downstream of the dam, the fry population of the black, grass, silver, and bighead carp have plummeted by 97%. Attempts to simulate the original hydrological conditions with forced water releases and restocking the river with broodstock will be futile say experts. Continue reading
Posted in Dams and Fish, Three Gorges
Tagged "big four" fish, Brood fish, Broodstock, fish, Fry population, Three Gorges, Three Gorges Dam, Tian Peng, Yangtze
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Bankers join environmentalists in alarm over Beijing’s water crisis
(May 5, 2011) Beijing’s water shortage is one of the main factors thwarting the region’s sustainable economic growth, say bankers who have joined environmentalists in sounding the alarm over the city’s “chronic water deficit.” Continue reading
Posted in Beijing Water, Chinese Environmentalists, South-North Water Diversion Project
Tagged Beijing, Beijing Water, Beijing Water Crisis, Beijing's water crisis, Chinese Environmentalists, Dai Qing, Danjiangkou dam, drought, environmentalists, Haihe River basin, Han River, HSBC, Patricia Adams, Probe International, South-North Water Diversion Project, water crisis, water markets, water pollution, water prices, water trading, Yangtze
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