(March 18, 2000) How Canada’s hidden loan to Amtrak sealed deal for Quebec firm; Export Development Corp. bailed out U.S. giant while Liberals slashed VIA Rail funding.
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Salween Dam survey continues
(March 17, 2000) Since November, a geological survey to ascertain mineral potential along the Salween basin has been going on, said S.H.A.N. source from the north.
Egat dam denying people water
(March 13, 2000) Activists and villagers in the Nam Phrom river basin have told the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to halt power generating operation at the Chulabhorn hydroelectric dam and make use of this controversial dam for irrigational purposes.
Going Beyond the HIPC Initiative: Another Pathway to Achieving Freedom from the Burden of Debt
(March 11, 2000) The HIPC Initiative has been generally criticized for providing too little for too few countries, over too long a time period. Derek MacCuish explains what the criticisms have been focused on and introduces a new program of debt relief.
China completes dam of world’s largest hydroelectric project
(March 10, 2000) ‘Many people have known something is wrong with the project, but few have dared to speak up,’ high-profile dam opponent Dai Qing wrote on Three Gorges Probe.
NSS harass Leuta for attending Dam-Affected Peoples Conference
(March 8, 2000) Three agents of Lesotho’s National Security Service (NSS) have repeatedly harassed Mr. Benedict Leuta in recent months. Leuta is a resident of the Lesotho Highlands who lost land to the recently constructed Katse Dam.
Three Cambodians drown, farms submerged, after Vietnam dam opened
(March 4, 2000) At least three people drowned and hundreds of farms were sumberged in northeastern Cambodia after a dam in neighboring Vietnam was opened accidentally, reports said Saturday.
Three Gorges petition
(March 3, 2000) Urgent appeal that the Three Gorges project should be operated at the initial retained water level of 156 metres in line with the National People’s Congress’s resolution in order to evaluate silt deposit and to reduce resettlement pressure
VN seeks to learn from others’ dam mistakes
(March 1, 2000) The World Commission on Dams (WCD) last weekend reaped a rich harvest of ideas, facts and arguments to help its deliberations on large dams and their alternatives at its regional consultation for East and Southeast Asia in Haø Noäi.
Three Gorges dam finished
(February 28, 2000) After 10 years in the making, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River has been finished. That’s almost ten months ahead of schedule. The last cubic meter of concrete was poured into the 185 meter-high main wall on Sunday afternoon. Our reporter Guo Liying was there… All across the nation, people’s heart and soul stays with these workers as they started here almost ten years ago to erect the world’s highest dam.
Peddling yesterday’s technology: Aid for large hydro dams must be stopped
Speech to the World Commission on Dams presented by Probe International’s Grainne Ryder
Control of our lives
(February 26, 2000) In the international arena, third world debt is not expected to be repaid by those who borrowed it (ex. military dictators and their cronies) but by the populations whom they oppressed.
Summary on ‘Developing Dams in Lower Mekong River Basin and Japanese Money’
(February 25, 2000) The following is the summary paper which was submitted to the regional consultation meeting of the World Commission on Dams in Vietnam but was not adopted by the WCD for the official presentation in Vietnam.
Cambodia’s inland fisheries and the dams of the Mekong Basin
(February 25, 2000) The paper attempts to show the importance of fisheries in Cambodia. It then discusses the possible effects dams and other water regulatory works may have on them. Finally, it presents a brief overview of other fisheries management issues.
World Bank says no backing for Laos Dam until reforms in place
(February 22, 2000) The World Bank said yesterday it would not give its endorsement to a billion-dollar dam in Laos until the government commits itself to significant political and economic reforms, reports AFP.
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