(November 14, 2008) Many of the 300 representatives at a recent forum in Bangkok have blamed Chinese authorities for releasing water from three hydropower dams on the Mekong River in August, which devastated hundreds of communities downstream.
Chilean Patagonia under threat by cascade of hydroelectric dams
(November 14, 2008) Read these recent articles referring to the HidroAysen mega project planned for the Chilean Patagonia.
Chilean Patagonia Defense Council
(November 13, 2008) A list of contact information for the groups forming the Chilean Patagonia Defence Council – a coalition in opposition to the cascade of five dams planned for Chile’s Aysen region in the Patagonia.
China Dialogue review of global warming debate not objective, says author of environmental best seller
(November 11, 2008) China Dialogue fails to objectively review the scientific debate about global warming in the environmental best seller, The Deniers, by Lawrence Solomon of Energy Probe, Canada’s top energy industry watchdog. Probe International calls the author’s response a "must read" for Chinese environmentalists, lawmakers, and scholars.
China: Dam casts long shadow over idyllic valley
(November 3, 2008) A controversial plan to dam China’s upper Yangtze in order to redirect water to central Yunnan and its capital Kunming may be a Trojan Horse for the cascade of dams proposed for the area including famed Tiger Leaping Gorge, but postponed due to unprecedented protests from the press and public in 2004.
ELECTRICITY OF VIETNAM: High electricity prices a drain on the economy, say Hanoi economists
(November 10, 2008) Hanoi University’s Centre for Economic and Policy Research calls for more competition in electricity generation and independent checks on Electricity of Vietnam’s costs and profits before any further rate increases.
‘People power’ aids green drive in China
The country’s natural resources are under such strain that experts warn there could be more than 150 million ‘environmental refugees’ in future as people flee ecologically stressed regions.
China to build giant hydropower station on Jinsha River
(September 10, 2002) China announces that construction will start soon on the Xiluodu dam upstream of the Three Gorges project.
How to look at China
(September 10, 2002) ‘How China’s ruling Communist Party manages the environmental, social, economic and political tensions converging on such places as Tiger Leaping Gorge … will be the most important story determining China’s near-term political stability.’
Sichuan grapples with hydropower dilemma
(September 10, 2002) ‘Experts like Chen Guojie of the China Academy of Sciences have expressed their concern about the "rampant" overdevelopment of the rivers in China’s southwestern regions.’
Archeologists battle time to save relics in canals’ paths
(September 8, 2002) All but a few key archeological projects in China have been halted, so their staff can rescue relics in the path of the south-north water-diversion project.
The damage that dams do
(September 5, 2002) ‘Bad dams and bad economics are apparently still alive and kicking five years after the World Commission on Dams,’ says Ute Collier, author of a new report on dams from the Worldwide Fund for Nature.
China’s Yangtze power project to generate more electricity
(September 1, 2002) Output to exceed 360 billion kwh over the next five years, project authority says.
The tigers are long gone and their valley may soon go too
(September 1, 2002) ‘Construction of the main dams [at Tiger Leaping Gorge] is still scheduled to start in 2008 and the hydro-power plant is due to begin generating electricity in 2015.’
Three Gorges to be completed a year early
(August 29, 2002) The last phase of construction is likely to be completed in 2008, a year ahead of schedule, a project official says.
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