(April 5, 2002) Leading Belize wildlife expert, Sharon Matola, will urge the federal government next week to withdraw its support for a hydro dam that threatens Belize wildlife.
VIDEO: The Dam Canadians
(April 2, 2002) View the Belize river valley threatened by a Canadian-backed hydro scheme. Canada’s foreign aid money is not going to the people of Belize, but to a giant multinational company, AMEC.
Save Belize Jaguar River
(April 1, 2002) Common Ground, a Vancouver-based health and environment magazine, highlights the Canadian threat to Central American wildlife with the construction of the Chalillo dam.
World Bank-funded wastewater scheme hits a snag
(March 28, 2002) A wastewater-treatment project that must be up and running before the Three Gorges reservoir is filled next year is behind schedule because of citizens’ demands for higher compensation, the Chongqing Morning Post reports.
Hon. Janis G. Johnson statement in the Senate
(March 27, 2002) Statement of Hon. Janis G. Johnson read in the Senate regarding the controversial plan of Canadian hydro developer Fortis Incorporated to build a dam on the Macal River in Belize.
Firm’s grant doubles after donation to Liberals
(March 26, 2002) A multinational engineering company that in 2000 was awarded a $250,000 grant by CIDA to study a proposed hydro dam in Belize donated more than $31,000 to the Liberal party during the same election year.
Newfoundlanders report on Chalillo controversy
(March 26, 2002) Frankly it was somewhat embarrassing to be a Newfoundlander traveling in that country where many Belizeans associate our home and country with Fortis Inc. and the construction of the Chalillo Dam on the Macal River.
Firm’s grant doubles after donation to Liberals
(March 26, 2002) A multinational engineering company that in 2000 was awarded a $250,000 grant by CIDA to study a proposed hydro dam in Belize donated more than $31,000 to the Liberal party during the same election year.
Environmentalists sue over secret Canadian deal to dam Belize rainforest
(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.<.
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