Residents of Wushan county who have refused to move to make way for the Three Gorges reservoir have had their homes blown up, the Three Gorges Project Daily (Sanxia gongcheng bao) reports.
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Why are our tax dollars helping a Canadian multinational bulldoze the rainforests of Belize?
ASK CIDA!
(February 11, 2002) Last month bulldozers began illegally clearing a road through the rainforest to make way for the construction of the Chalillo dam which would flood the rainforest valley of the Upper Macal River – one of the wildest places left in Central America. This would not be happening without Canada’s help:
Coalition of environmental groups slams CIDA involvement in Belize dam project
(February 11, 2002) OTTAWA – A coalition of environmental groups has placed an ad in today’s edition of the parliamentary paper, The Hill Times, that charges the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) with helping to justify a destructive and costly dam in the rainforests of Belize, Central America.
Why are our tax dollars helping a Canadian multinational bulldoze the rainforests of Belize?
(February 10, 2002) Last month bulldozers began illegally clearing a road through the rainforest to make way for the construction of the Chalillo dam which would flood the rainforest valley of the Upper Macal River – one of the wildest places left in Central America.
Radioactive debris, diseased rats, anthrax and E. coli:
As uneasiness grows about the potential consequences of a slapdash cleanup of the Three Gorges reservoir bed, a respected newspaper has reported some of the latest concerns of Chinese environmental experts.
Photographers snap up limited-time offer
A large team of Chinese professional photographers is to be taken soon on an official last-chance tour of the Three Gorges area, the Yangcheng Evening News (Yangcheng wanbao) reports.
No room for errors as construction reaches critical stage: project official
He Gong, vice-president of the Three Gorges Project Corporation, spoke recently with the Three Gorges Daily saying that to meet the extremely tight schedule, "we have no time to waste and no room for errors."
Healing Africa’s scar; Mr. Blair is to be commended on his ambitious goals
(February 7, 2002) The latest research shows that the rich nations of Europe and North America, numbering some 50 million people, have the same income as the 2.7 billion poor people in the rest of the world.
Investment aims to prevent disaster
(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.
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.
Patricia Adams
Dai Qing
Fan Xiao
Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
Probe International
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