by Aviva Imhof and Guy R. Lanza Big dams have a serious record of social and environmental destruction, and there are many alternatives. So why are they still being built? On a hot May day, a peasant farmer named Bounsouk looks out across the vast expanse of water before him, the 450-square-kilometer reservoir behind the [...]
The great Three Gorges turbine sell-off
Brady Yauch reports for Probe International and watches shares of the Yangtze Power Company – operator of The Three Gorges dam go through the roof… The lucrative, revenue-earning turbines are being sold off at a sweetheart price that doesn’t reflect the full costs of generating the power. While the power company will enjoy higher revenues, [...]
