(March 26, 2002) Belizean environmental groups filed a lawsuit last week before the Supreme Court of Belize to block a controversial Canadian-backed hydro dam in Belize’s Macal River Valley.
Big dam beset by big money troubles
(March 19, 2002) The cost of moving people to make way for the Three Gorges dam has soared hundreds of millions of dollars over budget and is one reason project managers are now scrambling to resolve funding problems, a respected Chinese publication reports.
Between strikes and the IMF debacle
(March 11, 2002) Two inescapable truths came out of the Federal Govern-ment’s decision last week to dump the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme which had been in place since July last year.
Time for Fortis to display commitment to process
(March 10, 2002) Fortis has called the opponents of their proposed power dam in Belize hypocrites because they assign weight to environmental considerations, writes Newfoundland-resident in letter to the editor.
Dam under fire
(March 1, 2002) Law suit could be one of the most important political moves in Belizes’ environmental history.
Dirty debt: Rich countries share responsibility for Indonesia’s impossible debt burden
(March 1, 2002) In October 2001, campaigners from Indonesia, Britain and Germany made their way to the British Treasury. The purpose of the meeting was to pressure the British government to cancel military debts owed by Indonesia to Britain.
Probe International accuses Canadian engineering giant of professional negligence and incompetence
(February 27, 2002) Probe International filed a complaint yesterday against Canadian engineering firm, AMEC, for professional misconduct, negligence, and incompetence regarding its geotechnical assessment of the proposed Chalillo dam in Belize.<.
Lawsuit against Fortis charges GOB and BEL breaking the law!
(February 24, 2002) Lawsuit challenges Belize government’s conditional go-ahead for Chalillo dam project without public hearings or consideration of hundreds of pages of comments from leading scientists, as required by law.
Interview with Belize Prime Minister Said Musa
(February 24, 2002) In an exclusive interview with The Reporter, Belize Prime Minister agrees that the Chaillo dam should only proceed when all doubts about environment mitigation studies and the geolology of the site are resolved.
Canadian firm charged with bribery in Lesotho
(February 20, 2002) The prosecution team says evidence will be led that Acres International paid bribes worth millions of US dollars to the former chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Authority.
Belize dam approval challenged in court
(February 20, 2002) Belizean environmental and business groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the Belizean government’s conditional approval for the Canadian-backed Chalillo hydroelectric dam.
Maseru bribery: Canadian firm charged
(February 19, 2002) A Canadian firm of contractors, Acres International, was charged with two counts of bribery in the Lesotho High Court on Tuesday in connection with the two-nation Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
Group storms Edo Assembly, wants $120m ADB loan traced
(February 15, 2002) EDO-members stormed the State House of Assembly yesterday, demanding for an investigation into how a loan of $120m from the African Development Bank (ADB) for urban water supply disappeared.
Environmental and business groups sue to stop Canadian firm’s dam in Belize rainforest
(February 14, 2002) Belizean environmental and business groups filed a lawsuit last week to block a controversial Canadian-backed dam in an important rainforest wilderness.
Why are our tax dollars helping a Canadian multinational bulldoze the rainforests of Belize?
(February 10, 2002) Last month bulldozers began illegally clearing a road through the rainforest to make way for the construction of the Chalillo dam which would flood the rainforest valley of the Upper Macal River – one of the wildest places left in Central America.
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