(July 8, 2008) In response to a Probe International report, Beijing Water Authority’s Bi Xiaogang said that the city’s heavy reliance on shrinking groundwater reserves was not ideal.
PRESS RELEASE Ethnic minorities in southwestern China threatened by hydro development, group tells World Heritage Forum in Quebec
(July 8, 2008) In a letter obtained by Probe International and submitted to the World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec City this week, a group of Lisu minority youth said that hydropower development along the Nu River would destroy one of the world’s most culturally and biologically diverse regions.
CHINA: ‘Within a generation Beijing will cease to exist’
(July 1, 2008) According to a newly published report by Probe International, Beijing’s 200 or so rivers and streams are drying up and many of the city’s reservoirs are nearly empty.
Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin
(July 1, 2008) An article published recently in the journal Nature provides in-depth details about the area where the Wenchuan earthquake hit and particularly the state of stress in the crust of the Earth in the area.
China to keep looking for likely extinct dolphin
Beijing: Chinese scientists will continue to search for a rare freshwater dolphin unique to the Yangtze River, although it is possibly extinct after a 38-day search failed to find any, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
Three Gorges opens floodgates to feed thirsty Yangtze
Beijing: China’s Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydropower project in the world, has opened its floodgates to ease water shortages not seen along the Yangtze River since the Qing Dynasty, state media said on Thursday.
Three Gorges dam opens floodgates to ease water shortages in the Yangtze
The Three Gorges Dam in central China’s Hubei Province Thursday has opened its floodgates to ease the severe water shortages along the Yangtze River.
One third of fish species in Yellow River believed extinct
Xinhua January 16, 2007 One third of all fish species in China’s second largest river are believed to be extinct due to human encroachment and scant rainfall, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) […]
Read what experts are saying about China’s May 12 earthquake
(June 30, 2008) This Chinese geological expert had raised the possibility of a dangerous earthquake in the area in 2007.
One third of fish species in Yellow River dead
Human encroachment, pollution, overfishing and dam-building have killed one third of fish species in the Yellow River, China’s second-longest waterway. Its increasingly desperate plight is also threatening economic growth.
Three Gorges Project set up goals of ensuring quality and safety
Three Gorges Project Corporation set up goals of ensuring quality and safety in the year of 2007, and to secure flood safety and put the first group of units on the right bank into production and generate electricity in the first quarter in 2007.
Three Gorges dam money ‘missing’
More than $30m has been embezzled from funds allocated for residents displaced by China’s Three Gorges Dam project, state media has said.
Water in Three Gorges reservoir up to 156 meters
The water level in the Three Gorges reservoir reached the 156-meter mark at 9:50 a.m. on Friday, a rise of 20 meters since September 20, when this phase of the water storage plan went into operation.
Three Gorges generating units pass full generation capacity test
Fourteen generating units of the Three Gorges Project, the world’s largest hydropower plant, have passed a 72-hour full operating capacity test, an official in charge of the project said on Sunday.
Independent groups warn Olympics exacerbating Beijing’s water crisis
(June 27, 2008) Chinese environmental activists are warning that the August Olympics are putting pressure on and will further exacerbate Beijing’s already severe water shortage.
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