China moving heaven and Earth to bring water to Beijing
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 00:35
in Earth & Climate
The $62-billion South-North Water Diversion, which will bring water to the parched capital, is being compared to the Great Wall. But environmentalists are up in arms about the 'replumbing' of the nation's great rivers.It might be the most ambitious construction project in China since the Great Wall.