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New Dam on Yarlung Tsangpo

February 11, 2021;

China has announced plans to build the worlds largest hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. The dam, along with other hydropower projects in Tibet, will be a signature feature of China’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2060. Environmentalists fear that the dam will have negative downstream effects. Others are concerned that the construction of the dam will require the relocation of residents.

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