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Soon We Can Just Call It the Styx Yangtze River so polluted it's on the verge of death		30 May 2006	Daily Grist
Soon We Can Just Call It the Styx Yangtze River so polluted it's on the verge of death The Yangtze River is "cancerous" with pollution -- mainly industrial waste and agricultural runoff -- according to reports in China's state media. Experts estimate that within five years, up to 70 percent of its water may be unusable, particularly as drinking water for the 186 cities that borde ...
Topics: China, news, pollution and waste, water pollution, Yangtze River (all these topics)

Village of the Dammed China nears completion of massive Three Gorges Dam, plots more dam-building		09 May 2006	Daily Grist
Village of the Dammed China nears completion of massive Three Gorges Dam, plots more dam-building Construction of the world's largest hydroelectric dam -- the Three Gorges Dam in China -- may be completed as soon as May 20, nine months ahead of schedule. The $22 billion dam on the Yangtze River will eventually flood the homes of some 1.3 million people. Evacuees worry they'll be placed in villages with no farmlan ...
Topics: China, dams, energy, news, Yangtze River (all these topics)

Hubris on the Yangtze	Worldwatch Institute	24 Nov 2003	Counter Culture
Photo: Friends of the Earth International. 555 -- height, in feet, of the Washington Monument, the tallest structure in Washington, D.C. 575 -- height, in feet, of the new Three Gorges Dam in China (which is also wider than 100 Washington Monuments standing edge to edge) 4.3 million -- cubic meters of concrete needed to build the Panama Canal 26.4 million -- cubic meters of concrete needed to build the Three Gorges Dam 80 -- number of cr ...
Topics: China, dams, energy, rivers and watersheds, Yangtze River (all these topics)

Our Gorge Is Rising		02 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Our Gorge Is Rising China yesterday blocked the flow of the Yangtze River by closing gates at the massive Three Gorges Dam and began to fill up what will be the world's largest reservoir. It's a joyous occasion for government engineers and Communist Party faithful who have long touted the coming benefits of hydroelectric power and flood control, an ...
Topics: China, dams, energy, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, toxics, water pollution, Yangtze River (all these topics)

Gorging Themselves		20 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Gorging Themselves China's controversial Three Gorges dam looks like small potatoes next to the country's latest proposed water project, a gargantuan network of dams and canals designed to divert water from the south to thirsty northern cities such as Beijing. The project would cost $60 billion over 50 years (twice as muc ...
Topics: Asia, China, dams, energy, international government agencies, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, wetlands, Yangtze River (all these topics)

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