(September 21, 2010) Beijing is likely to suffer from a 12th consecutive year of drought, according to local authorities and experts who warned of water shortages and called for improved water conservation.
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Only trade-fuelled growth can help the world’s poor
(September 21, 2010) Writing in the Financial Post, long-time aid critic William Easterly says the best way to achieve the Millennium Development Goals would be to promote trade, not aid.
Dam safety and earthquake
(September 20 2010) IWP&DC presents a position paper of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), prepared by the Committee on Seismic Aspects of Dam Design.
One of city’s famed 8 scenic spots to be restored at Lugou Bridge
(September 20, 2010) Lugou Xiaoyue, or the moon over the Lugou Bridge at dawn, known as one of the “Eight Scenic Spots of Yanjing [Beijing],” will make a comeback during this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, 30 years after the Yongding River dried up.
Sumitomo enters alliance for water infrastructure in China
(September 20, 2010) Sumitomo Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation (China) Holding Limited agreed with Beijing Capital Co Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary Beijing Capital (Hong Kong) Co Limited to enter into an alliance for water infrastructure related business.
Dead River comes back to life in China
(September 20, 2010) A river that went bone dry two decades ago in China is bursting back to life following successful implementation of an ambitious environmental project.
Progress anything but smooth on China’s ambitious, and costly, water plan
(September 20, 2010) China is engaged on the world’s most ambitious replumbing scheme.
Oil palm plantations on peatlands won’t get carbon credits under CDM
(September 19, 2010) Plantations on peatlands will no longer be supported by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a framework for industrialized countries to reduce their emissions via projects in developing countries, reports Wetlands International.
Dam migration ends, transition ongoing
(September 19, 2010) Peng Pu, writing for Global Times, says that while many of the migrants from Three Gorges have been resettled, there is still much left to do.
Beijingers sup from worst river in China
(Sept. 19, 2010 ) About 60 percent of the Haihe River is severely polluted by heavy industry and poses a serious danger to the food and drinking water of Beijing, environmental watchdogs warned Saturday.
Chinese loan underwrites Lake Turkana destruction
(September 17, 2010) Terri Hathaway of International Rivers says NGOs are outraged after discovering the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is set to finance the Gibe 3 dam.
China Is Set to Lose 2% of GDP Cleaning Up Decades of Pollution
(September 17, 2010) Officials overseeing China’s fast-growing economy will have to one day clean up the problems being reaped on country’s environment. When that happens, it will negatively impact economic growth, writes Bloomberg News.
The heavy hand of the Chinese state tries to go green
(September 17, 2010) As Chinese officials look to “green” their image internationally by cleaning up polluting sectors such as manufacturing and power generation, they’re using a very traditional method: the heavy hand of the state. But that heavy hand is backfiring, creating massive blackouts, and ironically, leading to worse pollution.
For their own good
(September 17, 2010) World Bank projects move millions from their homelands…whether they like it or not
Dams threaten farmers, fishermen in India’s northeast – activists
(September 15, 2010) Hundreds of thousands of residents in northeastern India are protesting plans to build 168 dams in a remote Himalayan region bordering China, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar, reports Amarjyoti Borah for AlertNet.
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