… Where once the river teemed with many different types of fish, it now is a graveyard. “The Yellow River used to be host to more than 150 species of fish, but a third of them are now extinct, including precious ones,” an official from the Agriculture Ministry told the People’s Daily newspaper. … “It can be mainly blamed on hydropower projects that block fish migration routes, declining water flow caused by scarce rainfall, overfishing and severe pollution,” the ministry official told the newspaper.

… Government experts acknowledge the harm that dams can do to the environment but say that the economic benefits and the environmentally positive aspects of hydropower outweigh the negative impact caused to the surrounding land. … Read the full story.