(August 04, 2010) BEIJING — Heavy rains hindered efforts by workers to repair reservoirs and place sandbags along breached riverbanks Wednesday as the death toll from China’s worst flooding in a decade climbed above 1,000.
Dai Qing: The expensive Three Gorges flood control project
(August 3, 2010) Noted journalist and dissident Dai Qing discusses the failure of the Three Gorges dam to live up to its “official” flood control capacity.
Floating trash threatens Three Gorges Dam
(August 2, 2010) Once again, the Three Gorges dam is under threat from garbage on the Yangtze River.
Falling short: Three Gorges unable to prevent floods says engineer
(July 29, 2010) Three Gorges is unable to fill its flood-prevention promises, says one engineer.
Spills remind China that polluters must pay
(July 29, 2010) The Dalian oil spill and other environmental tragedies demand thorough investigations and fair penalties.
Enough is enough: British public taking a stand against foreign aid
(July 28) The British public, writes Probe International, says it’s time the government consider cutting foreign aid.
Giant Stingray, 350-Kilogram Catfish Threatened by Mekong Hydropower Dams
(July 27, 2010) Dams and infrastructure development along Asia’s Mekong River threaten the survival of some of the world’s largest freshwater fish species, including the giant freshwater stingray and the Mekong giant catfish, WWF said.
China to move tens of thousands for huge water scheme
(June 29, 2010) The forced resettlement for the South-to-North Water Transfer Project will be the biggest China has undertaken since building the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s biggest hydroelectric scheme, said the People’s Daily.
Ensuring Water Purity
(June 17, 2010) Danjiangkou Reservoir can provide a model for China’s environment protection efforts.
Benefits of river revitalization plan questioned
(June 29, 2010) Wang Jian, a Beijing-based water specialist, traced the Yongdinghe River to its source in Ningwu County of northern China’s Shanxi Province in mid-2007, where he discovered the groundwater system had been destroyed by coal mining and soil erosion from over-farming and the felling of forest trees.
China’s Three Gorges dam faces flood test
(July 20, 2010) The Three Gorges dam on China’s longest river, the Yangtze, is standing up to its biggest flood control test since completion last year, officials say.
Three Gorges area faces ‘biggest challenge’
(July 20, 2010) The Three Gorges reservoir is expected to face its biggest challenge since its operation, with a major flood brewing at the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, water authorities said on Sunday.
China’s Three Gorges Says Yangtze Flooding Exceeds 1998 Level
(July 20, 2010) China’s Three Gorges Dam, the largest in the world, helped alleviate flooding in central China by containing the heaviest rush of water in more than 12 years.
China’s Three Gorges Dam withstands peak flood test
(July 20, 2010) YICHANG, Hubei (Xinhua) — The Three Gorges Dam on China’s Yangtze River was holding up against its first major flood-control test Tuesday, said officials of the China Three Gorges Corporation.
Who to save? Three Gorges flood officials play God
(July 20, 2010) Three Gorges officials admit defeat and warn the public that the controversial dam’s reservoir cannot story its maximum capacity, writes Patricia Adams.
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