(February 1, 2001) Belizean citizens group places ad in the Belize Reporter.
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China fights against pollution to ensure drinking water safety
(February 1, 2001) The legislature of southern Guangdong Province, an economic engine of China, is creating a law to protect its supply of drinking water.
Rivers Watch East and Southeast Asia Dams Report 2001 (PDF format)
(February 1, 2001) This report provides details of dams planned and under construction in the Greater Mekong Subregion. It includes details about ownership/financing, environmental threats, and public opposition.
Three Gorges Probe
(January 31, 2001) China Online reports that due to the highly sensitive nature of reporting environmentally damaging accidents, the General Administration of the Environment (GAE) has issued a notice declaring that it alone will make public such accidents and related information.
Confidential documents: Correspondence between Three Gorges officials and Chinese government
Three Gorges Probe has obtained leaked correspondence between China’s top leadership revealing growing official alarm over the threat of unmitigated water pollution in the Three Gorges reservoir.
45,874 MW of capacity approved from Aug to Dec 2005, half is hydropower
(January 30, 2001) Power projects with a total installed capacity of 45,874 MW were approved between August and December last year, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) revealed, and almost half of it was hydropower.
A yellow river runs in Shanghai’s taps
(January 30, 2001) A reporter revealed Shanghai’s dirty secret live on national television yesterday by criticising the city’s drinking water quality in a question to Premier Wen Jiabao about the mainland’s environmental pollution.
The dammed: Environmentalists watch and wait for opening of world’s largest dam
Environmentalists view the Three Gorges dam in China, the world’s biggest, as a monstrous natural catastrophe waiting to unleash itself on the hundreds of millions of people who live near the Yangtze river.
China to begin $17-billion Yangtze river diversion scheme next year
(January 16, 2001) China Daily reports that construction of China’s largest water diversion project is expected to begin in 2002.
China to begin $17-billion Yangtze river diversion scheme next year
(January 26, 2001) China Daily reports that construction of China’s largest water diversion project is expected to begin in 2002.
“Strongest correlation” between corruption and poor environmental performance, study shows
(January 26, 2001) The more affected it is by corruption, the poorer a country’s environmental performance, a new study to be presented in Davos shows.
Letter urging Fortis Corporation President Stanley Marshall to abandon Chalillo dam
Environmental groups urge Fortis Inc. President H. Stanley Marshall to withdraw from the proposed Chalillo hydro-electric dam project in Belize.
PRESS RELEASE: Environmentalists urge Newfoundland-based Fortis Corporation to abandon hydro scheme in Belize
(January 25, 2001) Canadian and U.S. environmental groups sign letter urging the Newfoundland-based Fortis Corporation to abandon its plans to invest in a hydro dam on Belize’s Macal river.
Letter urging Fortis Corporation President Stanley Marshall to abandon Chalillo dam
Signed and distributed by Probe International January 25, 2001 DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE * ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND * FALLS BROOK CENTRE*HUMBER ENVIRONMENT ACTION GROUP * HUMBER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY * […]
Japan MPs cast doubt over aid: May pull the plug on Klong Dan project
(January 23, 2001) During a visit to Klong Dan wastewater site yesterday, two Japanese MPs said they will ask their government to review its foreign aid policy to Thailand.
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