(June 2, 2008) The Three Gorges Dam remains safe from the May 12 quake that hit Sichuan province, a senior dam official said Sunday.
Three Gorges project unaffected; has the design capability to withstand an earthquake of seismic intensity 7
(May 29, 2008) “The Three Gorges reservoir area – from Honghuabao in Jiangjin City of Chongqing to the dam site downstream – has not been affected and is generally stable,” says Li Yongan, general manager of the Three Gorges Corporation.
Three Gorges fund could be diverted to massive South-North Water Transfer Scheme
Money raised to build China’s Three Gorges dam could soon be diverted to a massive south-north water diversion scheme the building of which one senior official is calling "suicide."
Can’t rule out possibility that dams induced earthquake, says expert
(May 28, 2008) Chief engineer of the Regional Geology Investigation Team of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau argues that the now damaged Zipingpu dam may have induced the May 12 earthquake.
Fragile Three Gorges: Caijing magazine reports
(February 20, 2008) Chief engineer of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area Disaster Control Headquarters says the number of landslides and collapses in the dam’s reservoir area have nearly doubled between 2001 and 2003, reports Caijing magazine.
Chinese dam projects criticized for their human costs
(November 19, 2007) An article in the New York Times detailing the criticisms of the Three Gorges dam and the resettlement issues and environmental costs facing the government as the project nears completion.
US firm supplies state-of-the-art river monitoring equipment to Three Gorges project
Sutron Corporation is supplying state-of-the-art river monitoring equipment to the Three Gorges project, according to an August 13 release from the NASDAQ-listed company.
Officials conclude self-inflicted injury in Fu Xiancai case
(July 26, 2006) The official Chinese investigation into the assault of Three Gorges petitioner Fu Xiancai has concluded that Fu was not injured by someone else, and that no criminal act had been committed.
New doubts over Chinese plant
Financial Times June 6, 2006 Beijing–Demand for power from China’s controversial $24.5bn Three Gorges hydro-power project, the world’s largest civil engineering undertaking, may fall significantly short of supply, a former senior executive […]
China’s environmental disaster
The giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River risks choking China’s largest river port with silt and sewage and displacing 500,000 people unnecessarily, engineers and academics are warning the country’s political leaders.
Dam completion washes away old China
(May 21, 2006) The Sunday Times reports on protests against resettlement policies in China, where 1.3 million people were pushed off their land to make way for the Three Gorges Dam.
To build and be damned
Article refers to Three Gorges petition endorsed by 53 Chinese experts warning that the project is vulnerable to serious silting upstream of the dam.
Great wall across the Yangtze
This PBS documentary, narrated by Martin Sheen, looks at the construction of the controversial Three Gorges Dam, and its environmental implications.
China planning nuclear blasts to build giant hydro project
(May 14, 2006) Chinese leaders are drawing up plans to use nuclear explosions, in breach of the international test-ban treaty, to blast a tunnel through the Himalayas for the world’s biggest hydroelectric plant.
Global study blasts ills of hydro dams
"Development critics find report too hopeful." Article quotes Grainne Ryder.
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