(May 9, 2007) Nearly 100 villagers living upstream from the Three Gorges dam have been forced to leave their homes under threat of a landslide, which officials fear was disturbed during the filling of the dam’s reservoir last year, Xinhua News Agency reported this week.
Dam has minimal impact on environment
(March 9, 2007) The environment in the Three Gorges Dam area has been stable since the water level reached 156 meters fours month ago, a chief project planner said.
China’s big dams: Are they safe?
(January 29, 2007) It goes without saying that flood control is one of the most important functions a dam project can fulfill. However, it is unrealistic to build a dam expecting it to achieve a permanent solution to a flood problem.
Three Gorges dam project is like ‘the Emperor’s New Clothes’
(October 2, 2006) Author’s note: In 1986, The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee and China’s State Council commissioned a feasibility study for the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) project. Professor Huang Wanli, a hydrologist from Tsinghua University was not one of the 412 experts involved in the study. There were reasons for this snub;
Foisting the costs onto others: The Three Gorges example
(September 28, 2006) Fresh from winning a prestigious award for Still Life, his feature film set against the backdrop of the Three Gorges dam, the acclaimed director talks to Three Gorges Probe about the making, and the meaning, of the movie.
China to build earthquake warning system at Three Gorges Reservoir area
(August 22, 2006) A network of 21 digital earthquake-monitoring stations is to be set up in the Chongqing section of the Three Gorges reservoir by the end of next year, to ‘prevent damage caused by earthquakes and other disasters.’
One-third of China’s dams unsafe
(August 8, 2006) ‘What I fear most is dam collapses, and I think it’s not just me. Party and state leaders at every level fear this," said E Jianping, head of China’s flood-fighting agency.
Quakes the main natural disaster killer on mainland
(August 6, 2006) Earthquakes have killed more people in China than any other form of natural disaster, accounting for 54 per cent of such deaths since 1949, a Chinese seismological official says.
The last river
(June 22, 2006) China plans to exploit the power of Southeast Asia’s last great wild river in a giant staircase of dams stretching from Tibet down through Yunnan province. Swedish journalist Ola Wong reports on a region of unique natural and cultural wealth under threat.
Human error cited in Fujian floods
(June 12, 2006) As torrential rain that has caused scores of deaths continues to lash southeast China, flood refugees in Fujian province say their own lives were put at risk by dam operators who opened the floodgates of 10 reservoirs without warning.
Geological disasters possible in Three Gorges reservoir area
(June 10, 2006) China’s Ministry of Land and Resources urged its local counterparts to take measures against possible geological disasters in the Three Gorges reservoir area.
China’s Three Gorges dam to begin flood control with a bang
(May 31, 2006) The moment of truth for the world’s largest dam will arrive on June 6. The main concrete wall of the Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River must begin to hold water after a temporary cofferdam is demolished in a series of planned explosions.
China Completes Construction of World’s Largest Dam
(May 20, 2006) China is celebrating the completion of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest. With the last load of cement poured, the dam is 2,300 meters long and, when filled, the reservoir will be 656 kilometers long. The project that has been a dream of Chinese leaders since the early 20th century.
PRESS RELEASE Probe International calls for independent financial audit of China’s Three Gorges dam
(May 16, 2006) Now that construction of the mammoth Three Gorges dam spanning China’s Yangtze River is nearing completion, an independent and transparent financial and environmental audit is needed, says Probe International.
Probe International calls for independent financial audit of China’s Three Gorges dam
(May 16, 2006) Probe International calls for an independent and transparent financial and environmental audit of China’s mammoth Three Gorges dam as it nears completion.
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