maya

The Three Gorges Dam seems to be creating good energy but at the same time it is harming the environment. The Three Gorges Dam is hurting the land, animals and people who live near it. For example, it causes landslides along the sides of the reservoir. It hurts the animals by not allowing them to cross to the other side where they can reproduce. It hurts people because so many have had to move and some people want the environment to be protected.

One animal was very harmed by the pollution, fishermen wanted to catch it and the dam blocked fish from it. This was the Yangtze River Dolphin and people believe that it is extinct. The last time anybody saw it was 2002. There was a fuzzy video from 2006 that looked like it might be the dolphin so they kept it on the endangered list. But now scientists believe that it is gone forever.