China’s construction of a colossal $170 billion hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet represents more than just an engineering marvel—it stands as a stark indictment of Bangladesh’s ...

PARONG, India (Reuters) -India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, according to four sources familiar with the matter ...

A big spike in water levels has been detected along the Mekong River which could threaten the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people who live hand to mouth off crops planted along the banks of the ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Yale e360. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China has announced plans to build the world’s largest hydroelectric project ...

One of the sayings trotted out when people try to explain Chinese politics is, “The mountains are high, and the emperor is far away.” It is meant to describe the limits on the power of the central ...

On Christmas Eve 2024, the Chinese government announced that it had approved the world’s largest – and, at $137 billion, most expensive – hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in the Eastern ...

On July 19, Chinese Premier Li Qiang officially announced the start of construction on a long-planned hydropower project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. Billed as a centerpiece of ...

Plans by China and India to construct hydropower dams on a major Himalayan river raise the prospect of deadly environmental and humanitarian catastrophes for millions of people living downstream, ...

BANGKOK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - China on Thursday signed an agreement with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to share year-round data on the flow of its portion of the vital waterway amid concern that ...

PARONG, India (Reuters) -India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, according to four sources familiar with the matter ...