(July 9, 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.
Beijing Olympics taking water from the countryside
(July 9, 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.
Green Games race against grime
(July 8, 2008) In response to a Probe International report, Beijing Water Authority’s Bi Xiaogang said that the city’s heavy reliance on shrinking groundwater reserves was not ideal.
PRESS RELEASE Ethnic minorities in southwestern China threatened by hydro development, group tells World Heritage Forum in Quebec
(July 8, 2008) In a letter obtained by Probe International and submitted to the World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec City this week, a group of Lisu minority youth said that hydropower development along the Nu River would destroy one of the world’s most culturally and biologically diverse regions.
Robert Bateman Letter
Robert Bateman May 1, 2001 Dear Friend of Probe International: I am writing to ask you to help save wildlife in Belize, Central America, from a proposed hydroelectric dam that would […]
Beijing Olympics soaking up water supplies
(July 7, 2008) Probe International says that, “the city’s 200 or so rivers and streams are drying up and many of the city’s reservoirs are nearly empty.”
MEKONG: Citizens groups question new hydroelectric dam
(July 6, 2008) The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy has revealed plans to construct a 2,600 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric dam in the upper reaches of the Mekong River in Kratie province.
Pekín se bebe toda el agua
(July 5, 2008) Spanish newspaper P√∫blico reports on Beijing’s water crisis.
Riggs investigators find possible crimes
(July 4, 2008) Riggs Banks investigators have discovered evidence of possible criminal activities by some former employees who managed accounts of ex-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The investigation could pose problems for the pending sale of Riggs to PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
Book paints sad picture of corruption
(July 4, 2008) A new book on the extent of corruption in Kenya says it has permeated all sectors of the society, including the church. The Monster Called Corruption identifies some of the most affected areas as the public service, the councils, the private sector, non-governmental and religious organisations and trade unions.
Prevention of Corruption Act: How effective is it?
(July 4, 2008) Rooting out corruption is a pre-condition for a successful democracy.
Corruption’s threat to democracy
(July 4, 2008) United Nations: Last fall the General Assembly produced a new treaty that many would say was long overdue – the U.N. Convention Against Corruption.
The Chixoy dam and the massacres at Rio Negro, Agua Fria, Xococ, and Los Encuentros
Princeton University report on World Bank Accountability and the Rio Negro massacres.
The divine power of profit
A dam near the source of the White Nile would obliterate the Bujagali Falls: a spiritual site for Uganda’s 2.5 million-strong minority Busoga, who believe their tribe’s spirits reside in the churning water; and a tourist river-rafting destination.
CHINA: ‘Within a generation Beijing will cease to exist’
(July 1, 2008) According to a newly published report by Probe International, Beijing’s 200 or so rivers and streams are drying up and many of the city’s reservoirs are nearly empty.
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