It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.

Everyone else has some interest in economic growth and development, which often happens at the expense of the environment and community. We need the other side to join this to check and balance.

Economic development is what's going to make mountaintop removal palatable.

The market is the creator of social wealth and the wellspring of self-sustaining economic development.

Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation.

World Bank is a bank that's focused on economic development and poverty alleviation.