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The Thirsty Dragon: Is Three Gorges Responsible For Dwindling Yangtze?
June 2nd, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, a report on debate that has emerged in China over the role of the Three Gorges Dam in exacerbating this summer’s devastating drought in China. As the article notes: SHANGHAI — In glittering Shanghai, known for its hopping night life and influx of Western luxury stores, a VIP cocktail reception last Thursday […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Re-Nu’ed Momentum For Dams
May 26th, 2011
Via China Dialogue, an updated look at how once-defeated plans to build a cascade of dams on China’s Nu River are regaining momentum: The Nu River valley in Yunnan province – known as China’s Grand Canyon – sits at the epicentre of China’s seismic zone. This dramatic landscape is also wracked by torrential rains that […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Push To Dam China’s Rivers
May 19th, 2011
Courtesy of Columbia University’s State of the Planet blog, an interesting look at China’s campaign to vastly expand its hydroelectric power (HEP) capacity, a technology that depends completely on the availability of abundant water, in the face of widespread drought. As the article notes: The Three Gorges Dam from the air. Photo credit: Euclid vanderKroew […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Central China’s Reservoirs Become Dead Water
May 19th, 2011
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article detailing the crisis unfolding in drought ravaged China: “…A severe drought along the Yangtze River region in central China has rendered nearly 1,400 reservoirs in Hubei Province temporarily unusable, devastated farm fields and made drinking water scarce, according to a report on Monday by Xinhua, the state […]
Read more »Working Towards Afghanistan’s Water Security
May 19th, 2011
Courtesy of Columbia University’s State of the Planet, an interesting commentary on Afghanistan’s water challenges: Darunta Dam, Nangarhar Province, Eastern Afghanistan. U.S. Army 10th Aviation Brigade image When news that Navy Seals had killed Osama bin Laden reached U.S. television and Internet audiences last week, thousands converged upon Ground Zero in New York City and […]
Read more »Water Tension In South Asia
May 19th, 2011
Via The Eurasia Review, an interesting article on the factors driving water disputes in South Asia and the need to include China in any solution. As the report notes: “…South Asia is mired in disputes over water resources despite possessing three large rivers – the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Indus and their tributaries. The disputes emanate […]
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