(September 9, 2010) Specialists say a ton of desalinated water currently costs between 5 and 7 yuan in China, without including the costs of fixed investments, while water from the South-North project may end up costing more than 10 yuan per ton, writes Luo Jieqi in Caixin Online.
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.
NGOs campaign to defer dams construction in Lower Mekong Basin
(September 8, 2010) Probe International is named as one of the groups calling on the Mekong River Commission to halt construction of dams on the Mekong River.
UEA/CRU responds to Climategate “inquiries”
(September 6, 2010) UEA has issued a response to the various inquiries. The timing is odd, to say the least. Perhaps they’ve all been on holiday.
Temperature records to be made public
(September 4, 2010) Climate scientists are to publish the largest ever collection of temperature records, dating back more than a hundred years, in an attempt to provide a more accurate picture of climate change.
A cunning bid to shore up the ruins of the IPCC
(September 4, 2010) The Inter-Academy report into the IPCC, led by Rajendra Pachauri, tiptoes around a mighty elephant in the room, argues Christopher Booker.
African leaders tell Britain to end aid game
(September 3, 2010) A group of scholars and other leaders from across Africa call on the British public to end foreign aid handouts to the continent, 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 Zealand’s NIWA sued over climate data adjustments
(September 3, 2010) Anthony Watts, from Watts Up With That?, says New Zealand’s weather and atmospheric research body is being sued over the accuracy of its data.
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.
Dictators and Disasters: a disaster waiting to happen
(September 2, 2010) The impact of a disaster on a country’s citizens may have more to do with politics than nature, writes Brady Yauch.
How China could avert a water crisis without uprooting 330,000 people
(September 1, 2010) Water needs in the North have forced hundreds of thousands out of their homes as dams expand, but an innovative desalinization solution could spare them, writes Jenara Nerenberg in Fast Company.
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.
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