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An Inconvenient Truth: China Uses Global Warming to Justify Controversial Nu...
(February 3, 2011) The Government of China is using international pressure to reduce carbon emissions as a pretense to build a series of controversial power stations on the pristine Nu River—a UNESCO...
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Three Gorges Dam: trigger of severe earthquakes?
(March 2011) The giant structure located in China has already caused more than 3,400 (so far minor) earthquakes. Scientists are now warning that a much bigger disaster could be looming on the horizon....
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China Three Gorges Hydropower Project Proceeds as Planned After Protests
(April 1, 2011) It is business as usual for the China Three Gorges Corporation, operator of the world's largest dam and builder of the Xiangjiaba hydropower project in southwestern China, after 2,000...
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Chinese study reveals Three Gorges Dam triggered 3,000 earthquakes, numerous...
(June 1, 2011) A study by seismologists at the China Seismological Bureau indicates that the massive Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River caused a “significant” increase in seismic activity along the...
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Amid severe drought, Chinese government admits mistakes with Three Gorges Dam
(June 4, 2011) The Washington Post features Probe International Fellow Dai Qing and cites Probe International's expose of a 30-fold increase in earthquakes caused by China's Three Gorges Dam. Continue...
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China’s deadly dam fever
(August 31, 2011) Financial rewards for bypassing dam safety procedures have created an unrestrained dam-building boom in China that is threatening lives and the environment. Continue reading →
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In Wenchuan, geological risks continue
Three years after the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake, geologist Yang Yong investigates the proliferation of hastily approved mining and industry projects putting the area at risk of further...
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Earthquakes, dams and responsibility
(November 21, 2011) Matt Ridley, writing about dams and induced seismicity in the Wall Street Journal, cites Probe International's reports on the consequences of building the Three Gorges Dam: the...
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