(March 28, 2002) The billion dollar Son La dam proposed for the Da River west of Hanoi has caused heated debate over safety fears and the need to relocate a large number of mainly ethnic minority people.
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Thai villagers demand halt to ADB-backed Samut Prakarn Wastewater Project
(March 28, 2002) Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra from the people of Klong Dan and Song Klong subdistricts, Samut Prakarn and Chachoengsao Provinces.
Yangtze shipping industry braced for a rough patch
Local shipping firms are worried about economic losses they may encounter when navigation is disrupted for as long as two years because of the Three Gorges project, the Chongqing Evening News reports.
World Bank-funded wastewater scheme hits a snag
(March 28, 2002) A wastewater-treatment project that must be up and running before the Three Gorges reservoir is filled next year is behind schedule because of citizens’ demands for higher compensation, the Chongqing Morning Post reports.
Paradise be dammed
After months of investigation, CBC-TV’s Disclosure program will air its report on the Chalillo dam controversy on Tuesday, April 2, at 9 p.m.
Panel faults ADB loan
(March 27, 2002) A loan by Asian Development Bank (ADB) to Samut Prakarn’s Klong Dan project violates six of its own policies and procedures, says an independent panel set up by the bank.
China says controversial dam plan won’t harm neighbours
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said downstream countries should trust China to act responsibly in deciding on the Nu River dams: ‘The Chinese government is serious-minded, has rigorous policies and will be responsible.’
Hon. Janis G. Johnson statement in the Senate
(March 27, 2002) Statement of Hon. Janis G. Johnson read in the Senate regarding the controversial plan of Canadian hydro developer Fortis Incorporated to build a dam on the Macal River in Belize.
Probe shakes bank to its roots
(March 26, 2002) Management of the Asian Development Bank stand accused of violating their own funding policies, guidelines on the environment and denying residents, affected by the wastewater scheme, access to vital information.
Firm’s grant doubles after donation to Liberals
(March 26, 2002) A multinational engineering company that in 2000 was awarded a $250,000 grant by CIDA to study a proposed hydro dam in Belize donated more than $31,000 to the Liberal party during the same election year.
PRESS RELEASE: Environmentalists sue over secret Canadian deal to dam Belize rainforest
Belizean environmental groups filed a lawsuit last week before the Supreme Court of Belize to block a controversial Canadian-backed hydro dam in Belize’s Macal River Valley.
Newfoundlanders report on Chalillo controversy
(March 26, 2002) Frankly it was somewhat embarrassing to be a Newfoundlander traveling in that country where many Belizeans associate our home and country with Fortis Inc. and the construction of the Chalillo Dam on the Macal River.
Firm’s grant doubles after donation to Liberals
(March 26, 2002) A multinational engineering company that in 2000 was awarded a $250,000 grant by CIDA to study a proposed hydro dam in Belize donated more than $31,000 to the Liberal party during the same election year.
Environmentalists sue over secret Canadian deal to dam Belize rainforest
(March 26, 2002) Belizean environmental groups filed a lawsuit last week before the Supreme Court of Belize to block a controversial Canadian-backed hydro dam in Belize’s Macal River Valley.
Complaints of corruption surface as town slips underwater
(March 25, 2002) If it wasn’t enough having your home town dynamited and submerged under a reservoir, residents of Fengjie – directly in the path of China’s vast Three Gorges dam project – say much of their relocation money is being stolen by corrupt officials.
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