Comments on: The NY Times Blows the Drought Story, too. http://climateprogress.org/2006/08/30/the-ny-times-blows-the-drought-story-too/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:21:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Catherine http://climateprogress.org/2006/08/30/the-ny-times-blows-the-drought-story-too/#comment-11 Catherine Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:44:44 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/08/30/the-ny-times-blows-the-drought-story-too/#comment-11 However, BEIJING, Aug 30 (IPS) - China's worst drought in fifty years has forced Chinese leaders to defend their record of building vast hydro-engineering works at a time when the country's finite water resources are increasingly depleted by population growth and rapid economic development. Authorities have vehemently denied that continuous drought and shortage of drinking water in southwest China, which has affected the lives of 17 million people, are somehow related to the completion this year of the Three Gorges Dam -- the world's largest dam straddling the Yangtze River. "The record-low water levels in some parts of Yangtze and its tributaries and the drought are not directly related to the Three Gorges Dam," Hu Jiajun, spokesperson for the Yangtze Water Conservancy Committee said at a press conference this week. "The dam can only store as much water as is brought by the river." Officials blamed the adverse climate for the unprecedented drought afflicting Sichuan province and the municipality of Chongqing. "The abnormalities are caused by global warming and the overall change in the world's climate," said Dong Wenjie, director of the National Weather Forecast Centre. "It has nothing to do with the completion and operation of the Three Gorges Dam." However,
BEIJING, Aug 30 (IPS) - China’s worst drought in fifty years has forced Chinese leaders to defend their record of building vast hydro-engineering works at a time when the country’s finite water resources are increasingly depleted by population growth and rapid economic development.

Authorities have vehemently denied that continuous drought and shortage of drinking water in southwest China, which has affected the lives of 17 million people, are somehow related to the completion this year of the Three Gorges Dam — the world’s largest dam straddling the Yangtze River.

“The record-low water levels in some parts of Yangtze and its tributaries and the drought are not directly related to the Three Gorges Dam,” Hu Jiajun, spokesperson for the Yangtze Water Conservancy Committee said at a press conference this week. “The dam can only store as much water as is brought by the river.”

Officials blamed the adverse climate for the unprecedented drought afflicting Sichuan province and the municipality of Chongqing. “The abnormalities are caused by global warming and the overall change in the world’s climate,” said Dong Wenjie, director of the National Weather Forecast Centre. “It has nothing to do with the completion and operation of the Three Gorges Dam.”

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2006/08/30/the-ny-times-blows-the-drought-story-too/#comment-12 Joe Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:16:04 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/08/30/the-ny-times-blows-the-drought-story-too/#comment-12 Good post, Catherine. The Chinese weather forecasters seem more aware than our forecasters and journalists that global warming helps cause unprecedented droughts. Good post, Catherine. The Chinese weather forecasters seem more aware than our forecasters and journalists that global warming helps cause unprecedented droughts.

]]> By: Catherine http://climateprogress.org/2006/08/30/the-ny-times-blows-the-drought-story-too/#comment-13 Catherine Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:14:01 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/08/30/the-ny-times-blows-the-drought-story-too/#comment-13 And of course, national political imperatives have an influence on what driver is blamed for untoward circumstances.... And of course, national political imperatives have an influence on what driver is blamed for untoward circumstances….

]]> By: Biblo http://climateprogress.org/2006/08/30/the-ny-times-blows-the-drought-story-too/#comment-5043 Biblo Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:17:59 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/08/30/the-ny-times-blows-the-drought-story-too/#comment-5043 Let's see first about "Global Warming". The Times is reporting information based on fact - Worst in 50yrs - you can look that up. Stating this is due to Global warming is widely accepted but not complete fact and still under investigation. It would be nice if the paper mentioned a possible relationship. Let’s see first about “Global Warming”. The Times is reporting information based on fact - Worst in 50yrs - you can look that up. Stating this is due to Global warming is widely accepted but not complete fact and still under investigation. It would be nice if the paper mentioned a possible relationship.

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