China halts $30bn hydropower project

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In an unprecedented move, two dams built by Chinese utility firms have been deemed illegal

A $30bn plan to build a string of hydropower stations along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River has been halted by China's Ministry of Environmental Protection. It took action after dams in Yunnan...

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