(August 31, 2006) Sinohydro, the Chinese company set to build a billion-dollar dam on the Salween River in Burma in partnership with the Thai utility EGAT, has been criticized in an annual performance review of state-owned enterprises for unspecified "safety or environmental pollution accidents."
Chemicals pollute river in Nanjing tourist spot
(August 30, 2006) A chemical plant that severely polluted a river popular with tourists in the capital of Jiangsu province has been told to limit production for the next few months.
Heatwave puts China's giant dam in the dock
‘Startlingly, no scientific evaluation of the possible impact on the local weather was ever conducted as part of the feasibility study of Three Gorges dam.’
National People’s Congress calls China’s pollution problem ‘shocking’
(August 29, 2006) The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress used the word ‘shocking’ to describe the pollution problem in China in a recent environmental report, Xinhua says.
China energy saving target hard to meet -planner
(August 28, 2006) China may fail to meet its goal to reduce the energy intensity of its economy by 4 per cent this year, the country’s top economic planner says.
China may save 150 billion kwh of electricity through electromotor upgrade: lawmaker
(August 27, 2006) China has big energy-saving potential if the methods are widely applied, says NPC standing committee member Guo Shuyan.
Dai Qing: Boosting support to dam migrants is just a start
(August 27, 2006) Beijing’s decision to give 22 million farmers who have been displaced by dams a 600-yuan (US$75) annual subsidy for 20 years is seen by journalist Dai Qing as official acknowledgement of the high social cost of such projects, and of the simmering rural discontent they have caused.
China: Simmering dam migrants discontent, limited subsidy
(August 27, 2006) Beijing’s decision to give 22 million farmers who have been displaced by dams a 600-yuan (US$75) annual subsidy for 20 years is seen by journalist Dai Qing as official […]
Water level in Yangtze River continues to fall
(August 25, 2006) The water level in the Yangtze River’s middle and lower reaches continues to fall and is threatening navigation along the waterway.
Mainland moves to lift funding for water sector
(August 25, 2006) More investment expected to flow into waste treatment as Beijing boosts return of overseas players.
Chemical spill under control
(August 24, 2006) A chemical spill in a Songhua River tributary that runs through the northeastern city of Jilin has been brought under control, officials said. The illegal discharge of xylidine from a chemical factory caused a five-kilometre slick of bubbly red water.
River endangered once again by chemical spill
(August 24, 2006) Environmental protection officials in Jilin province dispatched thousands of police to build three dams on the Manghe River in a bid to keep a five-kilometre-long chemical pollution belt from reaching the nearby Songhua River.
Hydropower accident kills seven in SW China province
(August 24, 2006) An accident at Shuanglong hydropower station near the city of Yibin in Sichuan swept seven workers to their death, left one person missing and injured six others.
China tries to rein in reports on disasters
(August 24, 2006) A proposed law that would restrict reporting on emergencies looks to many Chinese journalists like a desperate move from a government nervous that current measures aren’t enough to contain the country’s increasingly independent newspapers.
Experts: Gas leak might be one cause of dry weather
(August 23, 2006) A methane leak from a natural gas field outside Chongqing in southwest China was partly the cause of the area’s worst drought on record, an atmospheric scientist claimed yesterday.
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