(March 27, 2002) Hong Kong newspaper Wen Wei Po, which has ties to the Communist Party, reports that a government environmental review of the Nu River dam project recommends building four dams instead of the 13 originally planned.

(March 26, 2002) The spring thaw could release more toxins into the water from a chemical explosion last year, the United Nations said in a report, which also criticized China for its slow initial response to the crisis in the Songhua River.

(November 13, 2000) ‘Rising energy demands due to rapid industrialization, combined with soaring oil prices and worrying levels of pollution leave, many Asian countries but one choice: diversify their energy sources. The region is increasingly turning to renewable energy.’

(March 25, 2002) China’s power companies with an installed capacity of more than 5 gigawatts will have to ensure 5 per cent of their electricity generators are fuelled by renewable energy sources by 2010, with the proportion rising to 10 per cent by 2020.

(November 7, 2000) China has suspended approval for 44 proposed industrial plants and rejected plans for another 16 in the first quarter due to concerns that they could threaten the environment, said Pan Yue, deputy director of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).

(June 20, 2000) About 100 new hydroelectric plants will be built on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and its numerous branches in the next two decades, a top Three Gorges Project Development Corp. official says.

(October 29, 2008) With the last turbo-generator in operation on the south bank of the Yangtze River at 9 a.m. Wednesday, the Three Gorges Project looks set to be completed one year ahead of construction schedule.

(December 22, 1995) American multinationals that want contracts to build China’s massive Three Gorges dam will try to get financing from the Canadian government through their Canadian subsidiaries if the U.S. denies them public funds, according to the president of one American company hoping to cash in on the mega-project.

(January 2, 1996) The White House has apparently distanced itself from its earlier advice to the Export-Import Bank to stay away from the Three Gorges dam in China, according to a report in the Journal of Commerce. American multinationals are now confident they will get support from the bank to help build the massive and controversial dam on China’s Yangtze River.

(February 9, 1996) Chinese officials admitted last week that the number of people who will have to be moved to make way for the colossal Three Gorges dam is higher than originally expected.

(March 26, 1996) $12.5 million Export Development Corporation loan to Chinese government makes Canadian Taxpayers financiers of world’s "riskiest and most destructive dam project ever"