(March 13, 2001)
(1) Plan curbs Three Gorges pollution
(2) China speeds up plans for water diversion project
(3) Thousands to be moved for water transfer project
Three Gorges Probe: Three Gorges dam petitioners abducted
(March 23, 2001) A Three Gorges Probe exclusive: Five farmers who helped organize petitions by communities being resettled to make way for the Three Gorges dam have been abducted by police in the last three weeks.
Three Gorges Probe
(April 10, 2001)
(1) U.S. scientists predict Three Gorges dam could alter climate
(2) Severe drought threatens power production at China’s Ertan dam
(3) 75,000 people to be relocated as part of Longtan Power Station project
Chongqing launches campaign to prevent a Three Gorges cesspool
(June 27, 2001) Chongqing municipality has pledged to spend more than one billion dollars cleaning up the heavily polluted Yangtze River to prevent the dam’s 600-kilometre reservoir from becoming a cesspool.
Probe International reports spur Chinese media to question authorities
(July 19, 2001) Hong Kong journal ZhengMing openly questions charges against Three Gorges farmers arrested for trying to expose corruption.
Corruption plagues Three Gorges resettlement
(July 23, 2001)
(1) Corruption impacts China’s Three Gorges resettlement
(2) Many Chinese farmers oppose Three Gorges resettlement
Three Gorges dam exposes back on screen
(July 30, 2001) Acclaimed Three Gorges dam documentary airs again.
Three Gorges reservoir to get billion-dollar cleanup
(September 25, 2001) An inside source reports the Chinese government is planning to channel a budget of US$2.5 billion to help treat water pollution in the Three Gorges reservoir over a 10-year period.
Murky practices mar bidding for Three Gorges cleanup contracts
(October 31, 2001) Hundreds of factories, hospitals and other buildings containing hazardous materials are to be dismantled and their sites scrubbed clean before the Three Gorges dam reservoir is filled to the 135-metre level in 2003. But as the deadline looms, concern is mounting that time is too short for an environmental cleanup of this magnitude.
Li Peng raises concerns about Three Gorges turbines and river-traffic disruption
(November 21, 2001) Li Peng, long-time champion of the Three Gorges dam, has raised concerns about the project’s giant turbines, which will be larger and more complicated than any ever attempted before.
Study on Methods of Reservoir Induced Seismicity Prediction of the Three Gorges Reservoir”
(October 17, 2008) Based on the analysis of seismogeological background, the Three Gorges Reservoir area is divided into 31 units according to different combined conditions of induced earthquake, together with 8 influencing factors, to give the prediction on probability and magnitude of RIS by adopting statistical prediction model, fuzzy mathematics and gray system model as well as artificial neural network model respectively.
Chilean Patagonia Without Dams
(October 16, 2008) A leading Chilean environmental activist, Juan Pablo Orrego will share his analysis of hydroelectric mega-projects proposed for Chilean Patagonia, and will also explore the broader context of economic and political power that shapes energy policy in Chile and contrains opportunities for meaningful democratic process on environmental questions.
Three Gorges project sticks to schedule amid SARS crisis
(May 7, 2003) The current health crisis in China will have no impact on plans to fill the Three Gorges reservoir next month, state media reports.
Hidroaysen’s impact study panned by govt agencies
(October 12, 2008) Environment Minister Ana Lya Uriarte: “EIS isn’t up to snuff”
Vietnamese experts fault electricity monopoly for power cuts
(October 10, 2008) Vietnamese economists and industrial power consumers have criticized Electricity of Vietnam, the only electricity provider in Vietnam, for its unannounced power cuts, which have caused heavy losses for businesses and disrupted people’s lives, Vietnam News Agency reports.
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