Chalillo Press Backgrounder
Environmental clearance for Canadian-backed hydro scheme in Belize illegal, say conservation groups
(December 31, 2001) Conservation groups opposing a Canadian-backed
hydro scheme in a Belize rainforest are challenging the government’s
environmental clearance for the project as illegal.
Where things stand with Fortis’s proposed Chalillo dam
The last few months have seen major developments in the campaign to stop Fortis’s hydro scheme in Belize’s Macal River Valley. Here’s an update of recent events.
Fight for the right to say no
(December 22, 2001) SOME large dams just shouldn’t be built.
Concrete Jungle: Dam set to go ahead despite danger
(December 22, 2001) What is the point of gauging the environmental impact of a dam before it is built? Not a lot, if a row over a proposed Chalillo hydroelectric scheme in Belize is anything to go by.
Letter to the Editor: Before it’s too dam late
(December 21, 2001) The director of the Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs writes a letter to the editor of Newfoundland’s Telegram.
PRESS RELEASE: Robert Kennedy Jr. to visit Belize: Mission to stop Canadian rainforest dam
Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will travel to Belize this week to support citizens opposing a Canadian-backed hydro dam that will drown a last rainforest refuge for Central American wildlife.
Robert Kennedy Jr. to visit Belize: Mission to stop Canadian rainforest dam
(December 17, 2001) Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will travel to Belize this week
to support citizens opposing a Canadian-backed hydro dam that will
drown a last rainforest refuge for Central American wildlife.
Probe International challenges BECOL
If Fortis/Belize Electricity wanted the cheapest possible source of new power supply for ratepayers, it would have insisted upon an open and competitive bidding process, writes Probe International’s Grainne Ryder.
Letter to the Editor: Fortis plan threatens endangered species
(December 7, 2001) Newfoundlanders speak out against Fortis’s plans to wipe out Belize wildlife.This is our business as long as Fortis is in Belize, writes Colin MacDonald of St. John’s.
Complaint to Auditor-General’s Commissioner on Environment and Sustainable Development
(December 4, 2001) Re: CIDA’s support for the Chalillo dam
Complaint to Auditor-General’s Commissioner on Environment and Sustainable Development
A river in Belize runs through Newfoundland
(December 3, 2001) The campus and community radio station of Memorial University has been following the Challilo dam proposal in Belize. So far 5 episodes have been broadcast. The radio program airs each Wednesday night at 9 pm NF time on CHMR 93.5 FM.
Fortis faces opposition over plans for rainforest dam: Protests held in Atlantic locations
(December 1, 2001) Concerned citizens from across Atlantic Canada are taking part in a regional day of action, calling on Fortis Inc. of St. John’s, Nfld., to immediately stop its plans to construct the Chalillo Dam in Belize, Central America.
Newfoundland company accused of threatening Central American rainforest
(November 30, 2001) TV and newspaper ads are now part of a nationwide campaign aimed at pressuring Fortis Inc. to abort its plan to construct a $30 million hydroelectric dam in a Central American rainforest in Belize.
Patricia Adams
Dai Qing
Fan Xiao
Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
Probe International
Lisa Peryman
Probe Media
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