Environmental effects
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Tibet fireworks spectacle sparks backlash over toxic fallout
Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and Canadian outdoor brand Arc’teryx are facing renewed criticism after their Rising Dragon fireworks performance in Tibet left toxic debris scattered across a mountain ridge in Gyangze County, Shigatse.
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China’s second-largest hydropower dam is now operational.
Despite environmental harm expectations, China started to operate on Monday the world’s second-largest hydropower station, a milestone in Beijing’s ambitions to carbon neutrality. According to state media, Monday morning the Baihetan Hydroelectric Power Station in South Western China ranks second in the world in electricity generation to the country’s Three Gorges Dam. According to CCTV,…