(September 17, 2010) As Chinese officials look to “green” their image internationally by cleaning up polluting sectors such as manufacturing and power generation, they’re using a very traditional method: the heavy hand of the state. But that heavy hand is backfiring, creating massive blackouts, and ironically, leading to worse pollution.
For their own good
(September 17, 2010) World Bank projects move millions from their homelands…whether they like it or not
Dams threaten farmers, fishermen in India’s northeast – activists
(September 15, 2010) Hundreds of thousands of residents in northeastern India are protesting plans to build 168 dams in a remote Himalayan region bordering China, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar, reports Amarjyoti Borah for AlertNet.
China’s beleaguered Yangtze
(September 10, 2010) Overfishing, pollution and dams have all taken their toll on the health of China’s Yangtze River, writes Richard Stone in Yale Environment 360.
Dirty Three Gorges is not a new problem
(September 9, 2010) Probe International’s chronology of worries about the contamination of China’s Yangtze River and dirty waters behind the dam.
Chinese “Going out” investments in Southeast Asia facing increased scrutiny says report
(September 8, 2010) As China continues to invest in major infrastructure projects abroad, a new reports says it’s quickly learning that the rules outside of its borders aren’t the same as those within it, writes Brady Yauch.
How Chinese science lost its backbone
(September 23, 2010) This China Media Project piece discusses the political and commercial interests skewing Chinese science today – and the lack of scientists like Huang Wanli with the backbone to say no to foolish mega-projects.
New migrants, same story: villagers in Sichuan protest relocation packages
(September 2, 2010) Chinese officials say they’ve learned from the mistakes made in resettling citizens for the construction of Three Gorges, but recent evidence, says Probe International, suggests otherwise.
Dam’s flood control capacity overstated, experts say
(September 1, 2010) The flood control capacity of the Three Gorges dam continues to be questioned by analysts and former officials, writes Toh Han Shih in the South China Morning Post.
How to fill the Three Gorges reservoir to 175 meters as planned?
(September 1, 2010) Deng Hai, from the New Century Weekly, looks at the never-ending plans involved in managing the Three Gorges reservoir.
China raises alarm over Yangtze environmental damage
(August 31, 2010) Chinese officials come out with a new plan to slow pollution along the Yangtze River and its Three Gorges Dam, reports AFP.
Holding back the Yangtze – for now
(August 31, 2010) Thirty-five years on from the horrific Banqiao Dam disaster, heavy flooding is causing some Chinese to wonder whether the new Three Gorges Dam is an engineering triumph or a tragedy waiting to happen, writes CLIFFORD COONAN in Beijing.
China Flexes Hydropower Muscle
(August 27, 2010) A recent dam project completed in China means the country is now able to call itself the global king of hydropower capacity, writes Marwaan Macan-Markar.
In man versus nature, nature always wins
(August 26, 2010) More evidence that the fallout from natural disasters hitting countries like Pakistan are being made worse made poor development.
Bad development policies and centralized political control behind the severity of Pakistan’s floods
(August 26, 2010) Brady Yauch writes that a number of critics say the real story about the recent floods in Pakistan is one unaccountable development, centralized political control and mismanagement of the country’s Indus River system.
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