With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...
The proposed dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, known as Brahmaputra in India, is expected to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, about three times the ...
On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.
But China’s Medog project on the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo river — the upstream part of the Brahmaputra river — is ...
In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...
Concerns swirling over China's recently approved plan to construct the world's largest hydroelectric dam in southern Tibet. It will be built on Tibet's longest river, the Yarlung Tsangpo, and could ...
Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy ...
China plans to build the world’s largest dam on a river that originates in Tibet but flows down through India and Bangladesh ...
The Medog Dam will be built across the Brahmaputra river and is expected to generate an enormous 300 billion kilowatt-hours ...
A gigantic hydroelectric project is predicted to provide power for more than 300 million homes when it is completed - but it ...
The India-China conversation on water has, over the years, merely skimmed the surface, unable, and often unwilling, to wade ...