Valley of the dammed: journey to the stupidest construction site on earth

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China built dams on the Yangtze in the early 1950s that were broken in 1975 by the river. In 1993, China began working on another dam, the Three Gorges Dam, which will be the biggest dam built. Many oppose it because of its environmental and human ecological and its cost outweighs its benefits.

China, Public works, Yangtze River

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Beyond the valley of the dammed

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Hydroelectric dams are the cheapest source of electricity and they provide 10% of the country's energy needs. However, the electricity these dams generate is offset by the often irreversible ecological damage they create. The drowning of Glen Canyon in the Colorado River is a glaring example.

Environmental impact analysis, Fishes, Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona

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Why I write: six acclaimed writers reveal their primal, intimate, and sometimes mercenary motives for putting pen to paper

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Six novelists, including Pat Conroy, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Jayne Anne Phillips, detail the reasons and motivations for writing. Reasons given include a predisposition to write, a need to entertain, and a need to chronicle latent and unnoticed events in life.

Authors, Writers, Behavior, Excerpt, Conroy, Pat, Why I Write (Book), Gilbert, Elizabeth, Phillips, Jayne Anne

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