Three Gorges Dam an 'environmental catastrophe'
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Chinese 'fess up as project goes titsup Chinese officials have admitted that the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River will, in the absence of urgent preventative action, provoke an ecological and environmental "catastrophe", the Times reports.â¦
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China faces a higher risk of natural disasters including floods and drought this year, according to a top official.  Water Resources Vice-Minister E Jingping told local authorities to prepare for torrential floods, typhoons and continued drought.
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China to use 55 billion yuan to settle problems in Three Gorges region    BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government will invest 55 billion yuan (6.88 billion U.S.
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Three Gorges Project official says relocated residents to reach 1.35 million    YICHANG, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- A Three Gorges Project official has said that 1.35 million residents in the dam area will need be relocated, 220,000 more than the original plan.
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HUBEI  Dam water level to rise  The second phase of the raising of the water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir began at 10:00 pm yesterday.
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A sudden flood surge on a river in China swept an overcrowded bus full of young students and farmers into a river, killing three people and leaving 41 missing, state media said on Sunday.
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Science & environment: China's greatest river has fallen to its lowest level since 1866, threatening endangered species
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Beijing Reports Economic Losses Caused by Environmental Pollution" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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China&#39;s Sichuan province faced the threat of epidemics after the worst flooding in a century killed at least 172 people and left scores missing, while water levels at the huge Three Gorges Dam swelled.
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China's explosive economic growth is outpacing environmental protection efforts, leaving the country awash in "out of control" acid rain, the China Daily said Tuesday.
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China can expect more droughts, floods and other extreme weather as it struggles to balance rapid development with environmental concerns, a report on climate change released on Tuesday said.
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Excerpt from report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Illegal Local Government Construction Destroying China's Forests" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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More than 100 people have died in floods and landslides in China, and tens of thousands have fled their homes in the east, where dykes are in danger of being breached by a swollen river.
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A final group of more than 100,000 people will be forced to relocate by the end of next year to make way for the Three Gorges Dam
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By John Ellis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 26--Environmentalists are claiming victory after a federal judge in Fresno on Friday found a key opinion on the effects of water pumping in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the endangered delta smelt fish was "legally flawed." U.S.
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Silting in Three Gorges Reservoir less serious than anticipated: official    YICHANG, Hubei Province, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Silting in the Three Gorges Project has proved to be less of a problem than anticipated, according to a project official.
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China has put the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydro-electric project, on flood alert, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday after rain and mudslides killed 76 in areas to the west.