(September 13, 2002) British Aberdeen Asset Management Trust has invested in North Korean and Iraqi debt. "It’s toxic stuff," admits Colm McDonagh, an Aberdeen fund manager, "but when it moves, it really moves."
Enterprises called to frontline of green battle
(September 13, 2002) ‘Environmentalist Yu Xiaogang and his Green Watershed group, based in Kunming and famed for its opposition to dams on the Nu River, were awarded this year’s top prize.
Green policies, not giant dam, help reduce Yangtze flood toll
Many experts say the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze withstood this summer’s floods relatively well, thanks to ‘greener’ policies on the floodplain promoted since 1998 by Premier Zhu Rongji.
Flood types on the Yangtze River
(September 12, 2002) The big dam will be ‘totally useless’ in the face of the most common type of Yangtze flood, a senior Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher writes.
Oakville engineering company braces for African bribery verdict
(September 12, 2002) The verdict in the case against a Canadian engineering firm accused of bribing the former Chief Executive of Lesotho’s Highlands Development Authority is scheduled for tomorrow in Maseru’s high court.
PRESS RELEASE: Landmark bribery verdict for accused Canadian firm expected tomorrow
(September 12, 2002) The verdict in the case against a Canadian engineering firm accused of bribery in Lesotho, a country in southern Africa, is scheduled to be delivered Friday, September 13.
China to build biggest inter-valley water market on earth
(September 11, 2002) ‘China will construct the world’s biggest inter-valley water market based on its gigantic south-to-north water diversion project,’ XInhua reports.
Three Gorges dam doubts all water under the bridge
(September 11, 2002) China Yangtze Power’s Zhang Dingming says in an interview that the operation of the hydropower plant points to success on a grand scale.
Three Gorges just Act One in the drive to harness nature
(September 11, 2002) Even before all the generators at the Three Gorges dam come into operation, Chinese planners are furiously mapping out numerous dams along some of the biggest rivers in the southwestern part of the country.
Hated, feted but still awesome
(September 11, 2002) ‘The sheer size of the [Three Gorges] dam has fuelled decades of controversy. … Environmentalist and writer Dai Qing has not relaxed her condemnation of the project.’
Norwegian firm pulls out of Bujagali dam
(September 11, 2002) Norwegian company, Veidekke, is pulling out of the Bujagali dam project following the discovery of an alleged bribe by its English subsidiary to Uganda’s former Energy minister.
US Justice Department and police in Norway investigate fraud allegations related to Bujagali project
(September 6, 2002) Norwegian construction concern Veidekke, which is heading the consortium contracted to build the Bujagali hydropower plant in Uganda, revealed that a controversial payment to former Energy Minister of Uganda had been made.
Canadian survey sheds new light on rural livelihoods in Laos
(September 6, 2002) Survey warns that hydro dams, irrigation schemes, and tree plantations – in the name of poverty alleviation – can do more harm than good for Laotians whose livelihoods depend upon natural rivers and forests.
Taiwan ‘conducts computer-simulated attack on the dam’
(September 4, 2002) Amid growing tensions with Taiwan, China has revealed that it has built a missile defence shield to protect the Three Gorges dam from the threat of military attack.
The mouth of the moon
(September 4, 2002) The Pak Mun dam has disrupted the lives of more than 25,000 villagers in Thailand. NGOs and local communities have campaigned to close the dam’s gates permanently. So far, their ongoing protests have achieved partial success.
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