Nepal Earthquake Highlights Dangers of Dam-Building in Tibet

Although the precise picture is still unclear, it’s likely that Nepal’s huge earthquake in April 2015 wreaked major damage on more than a dozen hydroelectric projects in Nepal.This should sound a shrill warning for projects across the border in Tibet, an area also traversed by highly active seismic faults.In November 2014, Tibet’s first major dam, at Zangmu, started generating

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