BACONGO – the Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs – calls on Canada’s Fortis, Inc. to commit to openness and transparency.
BEL not truth telling in Canada
(June 3, 2001) In blatant disregard for the truth, the Belize Electricity Limited C.E.O. and a Belize Government representative have told Fortis Inc. shareholders and the Canadian press untruth after untruth about the Chalillo hydro project.
BACONGO informs Canadians of the facts on Chalillo and urges BEL for disclosure of information
(June 3, 2001) BACONGO the Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs calls on Canada’s Fortis, Inc. to commit to openness and transparency.
M.P. Keith Martin demands CIDA act responsibly
Dr. Keith Martin, Member of Parliament and Official Opposition Critic for Latin America and Africa today asked the Minister Responsible for CIDA to release the environmental impact assessment report on the Chalillo dam project in Belize.
CIDA Minister responds to Keith Martin, M.P.: Letter
Maria Minna continues to defend CIDA secrecy
Chalillo could flood Maya ruins
(May 20, 2001) The proposed Chalillo Dam threatens to flood three important Mayan sites, the Department of Archeology confirmed this week.
Canadian firm under fire over Belize dam
Probe International and other environmentalists take their concerns about Fortis, Inc.’s proposed Chalillo dam to Parliament Hill.
Canadian firm under fire over Belize dam
(May 17, 2001) Probe International and other environmentalists take their concerns about Fortis, Inc.’s proposed Chalillo dam to Parliament Hill.
Environmentalists to confront power company on behalf of bird
CBC Radio picks up on Probe International’s plan to confront Canadian power company Fortis, Inc. over its plan to build a dam in Belize.
Environmentalists to confront power company on behalf of bird
(May 16, 2001) CBC Radio picks up on Probe International’s plan to confront Canadian power company Fortis, Inc. over its plan to build a dam in Belize.
International scientists issue warning to Canadian multinational
(April 25, 2001) Canadian hydro dam threatens Central American wildlife.
International scientists issue warning to Canadian multinational
(April 25, 2001) Canadian hydro dam threatens Central American wildlife. Some of the world’s leading tropical ecologists and wildlife experts have joined the campaign against a hydro scheme that threatens endangered Central American wildlife.
Belize Dam
(April 17, 2001) The world’s largest parrot is in the middle of a controversy in a small Central American country.
Neglect it at your own peril!
(April 5, 2001) It is too easy to dismiss the almost total loss of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, now acknowledged by government, as an unfortunate accident.
Limestone caverns may drain Chalillo reservoir
(April 5, 2001) The prospect of undetected underground limestone caverns diverting water from the proposed Chalillo dam has come to light by one of Belize’s most experience geologists.
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