(February 7, 2002) China will inject 4 billion yuan (US$483.1 million) in the next two years to keep its Three Gorges Reservoir area free of landslides and other geological hazards.
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Fortis, AMEC reject claims by Probe
(February 5, 2002) Probe’s news release contains incorrect, irresponsible, and misleading statements, Fortis and AMEC tell The Telegram.
Reservoir cleanup ‘risks overlooking radioactive waste’
Serious pollutants such as radioactive waste, and hospital refuse that could cause infectious diseases, risk being overlooked in the Three Gorges reservoir cleanup, a senior member of China’s non-Communist advisory body, the CPPCC, has warned.
Reservoir cleanup ‘risks overlooking radioactive waste’
(February 4, 2002) Chongqing – Serious pollutants such as radioactive waste, and hospital refuse that could cause infectious diseases, risk being overlooked in the Three Gorges reservoir cleanup, a senior member of China’s non-Communist advisory body, the CPPCC, has warned.
Veredicto
(February 2, 2002) This is the Spanish version of the verdict handed down in February 2002 by the International Peoples’ Tribunal on Debt.
Verdict
(February 2, 2002) On the basis of an accusation complemented by a broad range of documentary evidence and testimonies, the Popular Jury, integrated by persons representative of the societies of different countries, has come to the following verdict.
International Peoples’ Tribunal on the Debt
(February 2, 2002) Jubilee South convened the International Peoples’ Tribunal on Debt in Port Alegre, Brasil. Though it was a court of opinion rather than a court of justice, the Tribunal carefully and astutely upheld judicial traditions and processes.
Romanian reactor loans protested
(February 1, 2002) Leading energy critic Energy Probe submits formal complaint to the federal government over $390 million EDC loan to the Cernavoda-2 nuclear reactor project in Romania.
He Gong interview with Three Gorges Daily (Sanxia gongcheng bao)
Specific answers needed from Egat
(February 1, 2002) Egat, again, plans to sign an agreement to buy power from the Nam Theun 2 project, putting Thai taxpayers at risk of shouldering the burden of a deal negotiated under the highly centralised decision-making framework of technocrats in state agencies.
The consequences of corruption
(February 1, 2002) Memorandum of expert: Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Corruption Case, Expert Testimony.
Expert Testimony in Corruption Case
(February 1, 2002) Memorandum for Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Corruption Case
Canadian geological assessment of Belizean dam site wrong, experts warn
Canadian power company, Fortis Inc., is set to build a hydro dam in Belize’s Macal River Valley, an area with extensive bedrock fractures and faults that could prove unstable, geologists warn.
A river in reverse
(January 30, 2002) Salt seeping up the Pearl River is threatening the delta. Environmentalists want local governments in the watershed to stop dam building, reforest the uplands and conserve water along the river’s 2,200-kilometre course.
Thailand to sign $200 mln/yr power deal with Laos
(January 28, 2002) Next month, Thailand plans to sign a preliminary contract with Laos to buy $200 million of power a year from Indochina’s largest hydroelectric dam, Nam Theun 2.
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Mu Lan
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Probe Media
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