Damming the Climate for Rights in Tibet

Damming the Climate for Rights in Tibet

It’s not just the new mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River. For years, Tibetans who draw attention to environmental damage have faced detention and lengthy jail sentences.

World's Largest Dam Breaks Ground on Tibet's Longest River

LINZI CITY, Tibet Autonomous Region, August 6, 2025 (ENS) - The world's largest hydroelectric project held a groundbreaking ceremony in Linzhi City on July 19. Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the event and officially announced the start of construction on the project. [...] The post World’s Largest Dam Breaks Ground on Tibet’s Longest River first appeared on Environment News Service (ENS).

China Is Building the World’s Biggest Dam

Editor’s note: The folly of controlling the rivers. “What will those who come after us think of us? Will they envy us that we saw butterflies and mockingbirds, penguins and little brown bats?” – Derrick Jensen   Or will they despise us because we built dams which kill butterflies and mockingbirds, penguins and little brown bats? China Starts Construction on World’s Largest Hydropower Dam Brazil & China move ahead on 3,000-km railway crossing the…

Taken note of reports of China starting dam construction on Brahmaputra in Tibet: Government tells Rajya Sabha

New Delhi, Aug 8: India has taken note of reports about China commencing the construction of a mega dam project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River (upper reaches of Brahmaputra) in Tibet, the government informed Parliament. In a written response on Thursday to a query in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, said the project was first made public as far back as 1986 and since then, preparations …

India aware of Tibet dam by China: Govt

NEW DELHI, 8 Aug: India has taken note of reports about China commencing the construction of a mega dam project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river (upper reaches of Brahmaputra) in Tibet, the government informed Parliament. In a written response on Thursday to a query in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State […]

India raises concerns over controversial mega-dam on the Brahmaputra in Tibet

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 8: The government of India has taken note of reports that China has commenced construction of a mega dam project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, which forms the upper course of the Brahmaputra. The minister of state for external affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the project could have far-reaching consequences for water security, ecology, and geopolitics i…