China’s primary environmental authority [Sepa] says it has secured the agreement of the country’s largest dam developer [China Three Gorges Project Corporation] to modify the construction of part of the Three Gorges project and another large hydropower station following a dispute over the enforcement of environmental standards...Despite Sepa’s announcement, it was not clear on Wednesday [2 February] whether the Three Gorges dam projects and Xiluodu [another hydropower project] had complied with the order to halt work pending the statement.