(September 22, 2003) Operating primarily in the low-key electricity sector has kept Fortis Inc. a relative unknown – until last Monday, when it announced a leap forward with the biggest acquisition in its 16-year history.

(August 15, 2003) A London court denied a petition from environmental groups to halt construction on a
hydroelectric dam in a rain forest in Belize.

(August 13, 2003) Britain’s Privy Council concludes that “the grant of an injunction at this stage would entail a greater risk of ultimate injustice than its refusal.”

(August 6, 2003) For the last several years the often harsh debate over construction of a hydroelectric dam on the upper Macal has been largely academic. That is, while the pros and cons of the Chalillo project were argued in the press and courts, the river kept right on rolling, oblivious to the increasingly rancorous exchange.

(August 1, 2003) The Privy Council in the UK has ruled in favour of an appeal against
the building of the Chalillo Dam in Belize. It is the first
environmental case to reach such a high level.

(May 9, 2003) The campaign to stop Belize’s Chalillo dam receives full-colour coverage in this spectacular report on the controversial Canadian hydro project by Internet travel resource, Outside Online.

(April 30, 2003) While a Canadian dam-building multinational is set to flood more than 1,000 hectares of renown Belizean rainforest, further north a Canadian-led archaeological dig has spent years struggling to preserve traces of Belize’s lost Maya civilization.

(April 30, 2003) In this report you will find information on some of the most
controversial construction projects in the world today.

(April 24, 2003) Fortis Inc. loses long-standing partner.