(July 1, 2008) We have heard about China’s air quality and pollution woes recently in the media , especially as the start of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games approaches. A new report released last week adds yet another dimension to China’s environmental concerns.
Beijing’s Water Binge
(June 27, 2008) Apparently Beijing is consuming water at the rate Marie Antoinette consumed petit fours and there is always a price to pay for such gluttony. Many news organizations (see, e.g., here and here) reported today on a new study, published by Probe International and written by a Chinese environmentalist, entitled “Beijing’s Water Crisis: 1949-2008 Olympics” which reads like a Temperance Union pamphlet.
Acute Water Shortage May Cause Beijing Exodus
(March 27, 2009) Chinese officials may be forced to resettle some of Beijing’s new arrivals over the next 5 to 10 years due to a population boom that accompanied both a rapid economic expansion and a decade-long stretch of yearly droughts.
Report predicts dire economic effects of Beijing water crisis
(June 28, 2008) Beijing’s water crisis is so critical that the city is facing economic collapse and the need to resettle part of its population in coming decades, a leading development policy group said yesterday.
Beijing faces collapse due to water crisis: Probe International
(June 27, 2008) Beijing’s water crisis is so critical that the city is facing economic collapse and the need to resettle part of its population in coming decades, a leading development policy group said Friday.
China’s Three Gorges Dam, by the Numbers
(June 9, 2006) Using enough explosives to level 400 ten-story buildings, China demolished the last barrier holding back the mighty Yangtze River from the Three Gorges Dam on Tuesday, according to government- controlled media.
Critics say price of China’s Three Gorges dam too high
(May 20, 2006) China hails the Three Gorges dam, which it completed Saturday, as the solution to a series of national problems, but critics say the price is too high.
China’s 3 Gorges Raises Questions for Future Dams
(May 15, 2006) With the last of the concrete being poured nearly a decade after China stemmed the flow of the Yangtze River to begin work, environmentalists say it should provide a cautionary tale to an energy-hungry government pushing similar hydropower dam projects.
Three Dams Project
(July 14, 2009) China has undertaken the greatest project since the erection of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal — the Three Gorges Dam project. The Three Gorges Dam will be the largest hydropower station and dam in the world, with a 1.2 mile stretch of concrete and a 370 mile-long reservoir and 525 feet deep.
Mammoth China Dam Project Called Risky, Destructive
(November 3, 1997) Environmentalists are asking shareholders of the giant General Electric company to question their involvement in the “riskiest and most destructive dam project ever,” building the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtse River in China.
China Concealing Real Costs, Damages of Three Gorges Dam
(May 28, 2006) (IPS) WASHINGTON — The mammoth Three Gorges dam in China is attracting renewed calls for an independent financial and environmental audit, as concerns mount over the hefty costs and social and environmental impact of the world’s largest dam.
Chinese Vice Premier stresses role of Three Gorges Project in flood control
(July 10, 2009) Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang has called for efforts to intensify construction and management of the Three Gorges Project and to improve its functions in flood control as the region is now in the peak flood season.
EU was world’s largest aid donor in 2008
(July 13, 2009) The European Union said Friday that it was the world’s biggest aid donor last year, spending euro 12 billion (US$16.7 billion) on poorer nations – or about 60 percent of all global aid.
Veolia is optimistic about prospects for growth in China
(July 13, 2009) Jorge Mora, CEO of Veolia Environnement Asia, has been living in China for 15 years. He uses the phrase “day and night” to describe the country’s progress in environmental protection during those years.
Fresh aftershock hits China quake region: USGS
(July 13, 2009) A fresh aftershock jolted China’s southwest Monday, three days after an earthquake in the same area killed one person, injured hundreds and directly affected two million people, state media said.
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