China’s Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. The announced cost is $137 billion. The Economist calls the new dam “the world’s most expensive infrastructure project.” And perhaps it is ...

Although a promising green alternative to fossil fuels, hydropower can also come with geopolitical, environmental and social ...

Chinese authorities issued more flood warnings for China’s Yangtze River ... and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river - has come under fresh scrutiny.

By embarking on building a super-dam, the largest ever conceived, in the seismically active Sino-Indian border region, China ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China is often praised as a marvel of modern engineering, but according to NASA, this colossal ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam, has achieved feats far beyond energy production. This colossal dam, built on the Yangtze River, is not only the world’s largest hydroelectric power project but has ...

The Yangtze basin provides about half of all the fish eaten in China, and two-thirds ... disrupt the natural flows of the river, which affects wildlife and people. During construction of the massive ...

RIPPLE EFFECT: The Medog project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river involves drilling ... A big worry is that the dam will diminish the flow of water into India — China may build a monstrous reservoir ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. The announced cost is $137 billion. The Economist calls the new dam “the world’s most expensive infrastructure project.” And perhaps it is ...

China’s Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. The announced cost is $137 billion. The Economist calls the new dam “the world’s most expensive infrastructure project.” And perhaps it is the world’s ...