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did china’s dams trigger the sichuan earthquake?

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January 29, 2009
did china’s dams trigger the sichuan earthquake?

China’s massive system of hydroelectric dams and water distribution has come under fire once again. Right after the devastating Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008, in which over 70,000 people lost their lives, officials rushed to deny that the massive Three Gorges Dam complex hundreds of kilometres downstream could have played any role in...
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pan yue’s vision for ecological civilization

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December 8, 2008
pan yue’s vision for ecological civilization

By Mary Evelyn Tucker In a world where eco-systems are unraveling and where water, soil, and species are rapidly diminishing, there are few places on Earth where environmental problems are of greater concern than China. The sheer size of the population, over a billion people, and the rapid speed of modernization are creating a...
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