(November 3, 1997) As officials prepare to divert China’s mighty Yangtze River to build the world’s largest dam, Chinese journalist Dai Qing is releasing a new book of critical essays about the controversial Three Gorges project.
The advantages of combined cycle plants: A ‘New Generation’ technology
(November 1, 1997) Electricity industries worldwide are undergoing a period of profound upheaval.
PRESS RELEASE: GE alerted to economic risks, environmental destruction and human rights abuses linked to TG dam
General Electric shareholders are getting involved in the riskiest and most destructive dam project ever, according to seven environmental groups, representing nearly 900,000 supporters across North America.
Letter to financial research and rating institutions
The following letter was sent to financial research and rating institutions, after it was announced in September that General Electric Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Connecticut – based General Electric Company, was awarded a contract to supply turbines and generators to the Three Gorges dam project.
Letter to socially responsible financial advisors and mutual funds
(September 24, 1997) The following letter was sent to socially responsible financial advisors and mutual funds managers , after it was announced in September that General Electric Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Connecticut – based General Electric Company, was awarded a contract to supply turbines and generators to the Three Gorges dam project.
Letter to shareholders of General Electric Company
The following letter was sent to the largest shareholders in General Electric Company, after it was announced in September that General Electric Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Connecticut – based General Electric Company, was awarded a contract to supply turbines and generators to the Three Gorges dam project.
Whose conduct is too vile to sign Canada’s new International Code of Ethics?
(September 21, 1997) In September, at the urging of the federal government, a group of Canadian companies voluntarily agreed to follow a new International Code of Ethics in their overseas activities.
China revives controversial resettlement plan
China has revived a controversial plan to resettle Han Chinese, China’s ethnic majority, into the western province of Xinjiang, populated mainly by Muslim minorities, to make way for the massive Three Gorges dam.
On the nature of reservoir-induced seismicity
(1997) In most cases of reservoir-induced seismicity, seismicity follows the impoundment, large lake-level changes, or filling at a later time above the highest water level achieved until then. We classify this as initial seismicity. This ‘‘initial seismicity’’ is ascribable to the coupled poroelastic response of the reservoir to initial filling or water level changes.
Three Gorges dam: investors still suspicious, controversy rages on
Despite China’s optimism in offering a $120 million bond issue for the Three Gorges Project this month, international investors are still hesitant to back the highly controversial dam.
Jewels of Chinese civilization to be destroyed by Three Gorges dam
In an extraordinary move, more than 50 prominent Chinese writers, academics and former government officials have written to the Chinese government warning that archeological sites and cultural relics "are about to be destroyed on a large scale" by the Three Gorges dam.
Canada now sole supporter of world’s riskiest and most destructive dam project
US Export-Import Bank rejects involvement in Three Gorges dam decision applauded by environmental groups worldwide.
Export-Import bank decision on Three Gorges dam expected today
The United States Export-Import Bank will announce Thursday whether or not it will finance corporate America’s involvement in China’s massive Three Gorges dam.
Review of seismic-hazard issues associated with the Auburn Dam project, Sierra Nevada foothills, California
The potential for reservoir-induced seismicity, which is the triggering of earthquakes by the physical processes that accompany the impoundment of large reservoirs, was recognized during the seismic hazard studies for the original Auburn Dam. It remains an important issue for the present project because of the potential to increase the probability of earthquakes near the dam.
The world's biggest hydroelectric project
Half a world away from Canada, a hydroelectric project like no other is underway on China’s Yangtze River. Water from the world’s third-longest river will eventually be harnessed by the planet’s largest hydroelectric project, the Three Gorges Dam. A Canadian company financed a study on the viability of the dam long before construction began; a study heavily criticized by Toronto-based advocacy group Probe International. Now, with work underway, more Canadian companies see big opportunities with the project.
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