China Province Seeks Dams Despite Environment Fears

Reuters: China’s southwestern province of Yunnan is still hoping to build controversial dams and hydropower plants on the upper reaches of the Salween River, a senior official said on Thursday, despite environmental concerns. Premier Wen Jiabao in 2004 ordered an environmental study of the proposed dams on the river known in China as the Nu, after environmental officials and scientists mobilised opposition to the plans. At that time, many critics of the project — which is near a …


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