(January 25, 2001) Canadian and U.S. environmental groups sign letter urging the Newfoundland-based Fortis Corporation to abandon its plans to invest in a hydro dam on Belize’s Macal river.
A leader of Embera Katio assassinated
(January 15, 2001) Amazon Alliance reports that Armando Achito Lubiaza, a leader of the Embera Katío people of Colombia, was assassinated on December 25, 2000. Armando Achito was serving on an international commission looking into human rights violations associated with the Urrá Dam.
Letter from EDC President and CEO, responds to WCD questions
(January 11, 2001) EDC’s Ian Gillespie responds to Patricia Adams’ letter regarding EDC’s accountability and its adherence to the findings in the World Commission on Dams report.
Poor are sold down the river
(December 7, 2000) This article is by longtime Probe colleague and U.S. engineering consultant Phil Williams, a contributor to three Probe International books — Damming the Three Gorges: What Dam Builders Don’t Want You to Know (1990), Yangtze!Yangtze! by Dai Qing (1994), and The River Dragon Has Come (1998, co-editor) — and founder of the Berkeley-based International Rivers Network.
On foreign interference in Belize
(December 3, 2000) “Probe responds to Norris Hall on Chalillo”. Article features a letter by Grainne Ryder.
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) 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.
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.
PRESS RELEASE: Canadian aid agency pays engineering firm to justify dam construction in Belize
(November 21, 2000) Hydro scheme threatens jaguar, Scarlet Macaw habitat.
Viedekke heads consortium to build a major power plant in Uganda
(November 20, 2000) An agreement to build a power plant in Bujagali, Uganda is signed by a consortium, headed by Veidekke ASA. The consortium consists of ABB Distribusjon AS, Alstom Power Ltd. (Switzerland), GE Energy(Norway) AS and Skanska AB in addition to Veidekke.
Narmada Dams project
(November 20, 2000) A five-part television series on the controversial project. This five-part series on India’s controversial Narmada dam project airs from November 20-24, 2000, and focuses on …
Placing Blame For Genocide: Guatemalan massacre survivors seek damages from dam financiers
(November 16, 2000) The plight of Rio Negro survivors has been studied closely by the World Commission on Dams, an independent body sponsored by the World Bank to review the performance of large dams and make recommendations for future planning of such projects.
Letter from Pierre Pettigrew, responding to questions on EDC-backed Urra dam
(November 3, 2000) Pierre Pettigrew, Minister for International Trade and responsible for the Export Development Corporation, responds to a letter questioning EDC’s involvement in the trouble-plagued Urra dam in Colombia.
Letter to Pierre Pettigrew, Minister for International Trade: EDC’s stonewalling tactics
(October 18, 2000) EDC’s contempt for the public’s right to know about its activities, is an affront to the democratic institutions of this country, writes Patricia Adams.
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