(July 22, 2008) An internal World Bank evaluation of the lending giant’s environmental record gave the Bank a low rating for follow-through, the International Herald Tribune reports.
The Zipingpu dam: after the quake
(July 22, 2008) The May 12 earthquake hit hard at the largest hydropower project in Sichuan province. Li Xiaoming was on the scene soon after the quake, and writes that even if the immediate dangers have passed, caution is still needed.
Business as usual for Fortis in Belize?
(July 21, 2008) On facing legal and regulatory battles in Belize, Fortis CEO Stanley Marshall says its a "normal aspect" of doing business.
Peddling yesterday’s technology: Aid for large hydro dams must be stopped
Grainne Ryder Speech to the World Commission on Dams, Hanoi, Vietnam February 27, 2000 Thank you ladies and gentlemen for this opportunity to speak today to the World Commission on Dams. The […]
Chinese geology experts question South-North Water Diversion Scheme’s viability
(August 31, 2007) Officially it’s the answer to northern China’s water crisis but senior Chinese geologists and experts are not confident that the central government’s plans for diverting water from the upper Yangtze into the parched Yellow River valley is worth the extraordinary risk and cost.
Three Gorges fund could be diverted to massive South-North Water Transfer Scheme
Money raised to build China’s Three Gorges dam could soon be diverted to a massive south-north water diversion scheme the building of which one senior official is calling "suicide."
Olympics suck up China’s already scarce water
(July 14, 2008) “The 500,000 foreign visitors expected to visit Beijing will certainly get to see some beautiful waterworks, such as the largest fountain in the world in Shunyi. No problem! But the question is: what will happen after the Games? How will people cope?” asks journalist Dai Qing.
Olympics suck up China’s already scarce water
(July 14, 2008) Beijing’s water transfers from north and south, along with a growing number of ultra-deep wells in the Karst Mountains near the city, are a recipe for environmental calamity, says Probe International report.
‘Odious debt’ recognized by British Parliament
(July 14, 2008) Debt Relief, 3rd Report 1997-1998, London: House of Commons The British House of Commons International Development Committee recognizes the concept of odious debt.
Chinese appeal for dams inquiry
(July 11, 2008) A group of Chinese academics and environmental activists call on the Chinese government to review the safety of large dam projects.
Asia: Wenchuan quake has limited impact on mining
(July 11, 2008) The numbers from the May 12 earthquake in China are staggering. As this edition of E&MJ went to press, the death toll in Sichuan Province had climbed to 68,000 with 288,000 injured and more than 5 million people homeless.
Belize dam trial: Victory, what victory?
True, Fortis narrowly
escaped an injunction to stop construction of the Chalillo dam. Three
out of five judges decided the Belizean government’s environmental
approval of the dam was not illegal, just flawed.
General strike in Belize
After years of alleged
financial mismanagement and corruption by the People’s United Party,
civil unrest broke out in the capital city of Belize in January,
provoked by the release of a new national budget with significant tax
increases.
Mayan world to be destroyed
A closely guarded and secret archaeological
survey of the Chalillo dam site reveals that hundreds of Mayan
structures, many unique in the Mayan world, will be totally destroyed
and gone forever when the ill-conceived Chalillo dam is completed and
filled.
Chalillo dam construction site
Chalillo dam construction site photos taken April, 2005.
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