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Dam's environmental impact "less than predicted"

The environmental impact of the Three Gorges Dam has been less than originally forecast, a senior project official said Wednesday. Wang Xiaofeng, director of the Office of Three Gorges Project Construction Committee of the State Cou ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Nov 22 2007

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