(November 27, 2007) Residents in the Three Gorges dam reservoir area fear an increased risk of harm to the environment as a result of the dam’s impacts. One of the biggest concerns currently is that the reservoir’s seasonal water fluctuations have unsettled the delicate geology of the area and that this may escalate the risk of landslides and other dangers.
Three Gorges’ first earthquake monitoring centre under construction
(November 23, 2007) Construction has begun on the first earthquake monitoring centre in the Three Gorges area, www.china.org.cn reported on Nov 21. Located in Shizhu County, the centre will provide technical support regarding operation safety, earthquake damage relief, and geological disaster evaluation.
Landslide hits near Three Gorges dam
(November 23, 2007) Chinese officials have confirmed that a bus carrying as many as 27 people has been discovered buried in a landslide that occurred earlier this week.
New plan to address Three Gorges’ environmental problems
(November 22, 2007) China’s Three Gorges Project Committee has announced measures to protect the environment in the Three Gorges area, Xinhua reported on Nov 22.
Kaixian county: a look behind the plan to move 2.3 million people from Three Gorges
(November 22, 2007) In the last ten years or more, over one million people have made way for the Three Gorges dam. Of those that lost land to the Three Gorges reservoir, most were settled onto higher ground while some were moved far away. But the resettlement is not over.
Farmers out, monkeys in
(November 22, 2007) While China’s central planners campaign for depopulating the Three Gorges countryside, tourism development officials are moving 80 monkeys into the scenic gorges area to entertain tourists, Xinhua reported on Nov 22.
PRESS RELEASE Canadian government must take responsibility for role in disastrous Three Gorges project, says Probe Internation
(November 21, 2007) In an open letter to Canadian officials, Probe International calls for the government to “make amends for failing to warn the Chinese government that the project’s environmental risks would ultimately threaten the lives, property, and economic future of millions of people living along the Yangtze river.”
Silt problem worsens along middle Yangtze
(November 20, 2007) Yangtze River authorities started dredging China’s longest river a week earlier than last year as silting in the river becomes more serious, Xinhua reported on Nov 20.
Chinese dam projects criticized for their human costs
(November 19, 2007) An article in the New York Times detailing the criticisms of the Three Gorges dam and the resettlement issues and environmental costs facing the government as the project nears completion.
Chinese dam projects criticized for their human costs
(November 19, 2007) Last year, Chinese officials celebrated the completion of the Three Gorges Dam by releasing a list of 10 world records. As in: The Three Gorges is the world’s biggest dam, biggest power plant and biggest consumer of dirt, stone, concrete and steel. Ever. Even the project’s official tally of 1.13 million displaced people made the list as record No. 10.
New York Times “Choking on Growth” series
(November 18, 2007) Probe Fellow Dai Qing responds to New York Times readers’ online queries about China’s environmental woes and the Three Gorges dam. This is part four of the New York Times “Choking on Growth” series that looks at the causes and effects of China’s environmental crisis.
SPECIAL REPORT: Dam building in the upper Yangtze basin
(November 12, 2007) Professor Chen, a senior researcher at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, describes resettlement and environmental dangers associated with dam building in the ecologically fragile and ethnically diverse upper Yangtze region of southwestern China. He further warns that dam builders and local governments will experience greater difficulty forcing people off their land as people become more aware of their rights and of resettlement failures elsewhere.
Massive resettlement planned for Three Gorges region…again
(November 12, 2007) Three Gorges Probe decodes China’s latest urban and rural development plans for the Three Gorges reservoir region.
Yangtze pollution is getting worse, water quality expert tells CCTV
(November 9, 2007) Earlier this year, Central China Television (CCTV) interviewed Weng Lida, Director of the Yangtze Water Resources Protection Bureau, about water pollution in the Yangtze and his department’s newly-published report, Yangtze Protection and Development 2007.
Chongqing mayor denies Three Gorges project has destroyed the environment
(November 9, 2007) Chongqing mayor Wang Hongju told press in Bejing on October 15th that the Three Gorges Project has "not destroyed the local environment."
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