(December 7, 2000) Thank you for your fax letter dated 1 December 2000 (received here on 4 December due to the intervening weekend and time difference) concerning the Samut Prakam Wastewater Management Project in Thailand. Your interest in and attention to this ADB project are sincerely appreciated. As the Executive Director for Canada at the ADB, you can be assured that I take very seriously the allegations that you as a Canadian NGO have raised in your letter concerning this project.
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China’s thirst for energy
(December 6, 2000) China’s environmental degradation from its rapid, no-holds barred industrialisation has reached the point where it is now interfering with future growth. Bodies such as the World Bank have estimated that the cost of environmental pollution is equivalent to several percentage points of GDP.
Tibet’s biggest hydropower project to go into operation
(December 6, 2000) The first generating unit in a 100,000-kw hydropower project in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region is expected to go in operation and go on stream late this year.
OECD agrees to clamp down on bribery in export credit transactions
(December 6, 2000) OECD member states announced in Paris today that they have agreed on an action programme to deter bribery in government-supported export credit transactions.
Heavy rain causes cracks of Yangtze River banks
(December 5, 2000) Continuous heavy rain over the past few days have caused a section of the Yangtze River to burst its banks in Yueyang, a city in central China’s Hunan Province, a local water resources official confirmed on Thursday.
At the public trough!
(December 3, 2000) “Fortis seeks and gets Canadian funding”. Article quotes Grainne Ryder.
On foreign interference in Belize
"(December 3, 2000) Probe responds to Norris Hall on Chalillo". Article features a letter by Grainne Ryder.
Wastewater plan under fire
(December 3, 2000) This article from a Thai newspaper discusses Probe International’s opposition to the ADB’s wastewater treatment project in Samut Prakan.
On foreign interference in Belize
(December 3, 2000) “Probe responds to Norris Hall on Chalillo”. Article features a letter by Grainne Ryder.
At the public trough!
(December 3, 2000) Fortis seeks and gets Canadian funding Article quotes Grainne Ryder.
A review of the Theun-Hinboun Power Company’s mitigation and compensation program
(December 1, 2000) Report commissioned by the International Rivers Network highlights serious flaws in the Theun Hinboun Power Company’s ten-year plan for managing social and environmental damages arising from the ADB-financed Theun-Hinboun dam in Lao PDR.
Laos stops World Bank forestry programme
(December 1, 2000) The Government of Laos (GoL) has halted the Forest Management and Conservation Programme (FOMACOP) after the first five-year phase because of difficulties …
Letter to ADB urging investigation into Samut Prakarn Wastewater Management Project
(December 1, 2000) I am writing to urge you, as the ADB Executive Director for Canada, to immediately suspend loan disbursements to the Samut Prakarn astewater Management Project in Thailand and launch an inspection panel investigation into the violation of ADB policies, the contravention of Thai law, and allegations of corruption in connection with the project.
Letter to ADB urging investigation into Samut Prakarn Wastewater Management Project
(December 1, 2000) Re: ADB-financed Samut Prakarn Wastewater Management Project, Thailand
Letter to EDC President and CEO: EDC and the World Commission on Dams
(November 30, 2000) In the interest of an informed public debate about Canada’s role in large dam projects around the world, Patricia Adams asks EDC to provide the names of each dam that EDC has supported in the past, as well as the present and future.
Patricia Adams
Dai Qing
Fan Xiao
Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
Probe International
Lisa Peryman
Probe Media
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Probe International 