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Environmental quality to influence promotion of officials
(November 7, 2001) ‘China will take into account environmental quality in evaluating work of regional officials, a measure deemed important to curb reckless pursuit of GDP growth at the cost of the environment,’ Xinhua says.
Behind the dark curtains:Exclusive report on Three Gorges resettlement
Coal price crisis stems from economic shift
(November 5, 2001) ‘Both the coal mining and power generating sectors are facing possible overcapacity this year, which offers a golden opportunity for promoting market-orientated reforms,’ a commentator writes.
Dam fight turns nasty as Fortis announces start-up
Leading Belize newspaper, The Reporter, publishes coverage of the recent media event in Toronto to stop the Fortis dam.
Belize dam pits Canadian firm against environmentalists
Inter Press Service, an Internet news provider on global issues, alerts its members to Canada’s Fortis dam controversy.
Kennedy adds clout to Belize dam protest
(November 2, 2001) Economic benefits ‘probably . . . zero,’ Kennedy says of project in crucial rainforest.
Fortis disputes Kennedy claims
(November 2, 2001) It’s a major bombardment in the media of misleading information," says Fortis president and chief executive Stan Marshall.
Tread softly: the ethics of working in developing countries
(November 1, 2001) Engineers have a firm belief that what they do benefits society. But critics say their work in developing countries does not benefit the poorest people, and sometimes even does harm.
Opponents of dam take battle to TSE
(November 1, 2001) Leading environmentalists launch campaign against Fortis Inc. today at a Toronto Stock Exchange conference hosted by Probe International.
Kennedy slams plan for Canadian dam in Belize rainforest
(November 1, 2001) Environmentalists target TSE-listed power company.
Laos hopes to ink hydropower pact with Thai EGAT by end-Nov
(October 31, 2001) Laos hopes to sign a power purchase agreement with EGAT by end-November, for electricity sales to Thailand from the Nam Theun 2 hydropower dam.
Termites blamed in Sichuan dam collapse
Termites were partly responsible for the collapse of a dam in Sichuan province earlier this month that killed 16 people and left 10 others missing, the Nanfang Dushi Bao (South Urban Daily) reported.
Murky practices mar bidding for Three Gorges cleanup contracts
(October 31, 2001) Hundreds of factories, hospitals and other buildings containing hazardous materials are to be dismantled and their sites scrubbed clean before the Three Gorges dam reservoir is filled to the 135-metre level in 2003. But as the deadline looms, concern is mounting that time is too short for an environmental cleanup of this magnitude.
Belize needs a free energy market, not more dams
(October 31, 2001) Fortis, a Newfoundland-based power company, is creating havoc in the tiny Central American country of Belize. To build a wildly uneconomic hydro dam in the rain forests of Belize, Fortis is using its monopoly powers to shut out local power producers, keep out imported Mexican power, deny Belize consumers low-cost power and undermine Belize’s fastest growing industry, ecotourism.
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