Huaneng Power International – China’s largest independent electricity producer, run by the son of Three Gorges dam enthusiast Li Peng – has been quick to enlist in the new campaign to shore up the costly and financially troubled project.
Klong Dan villagers stage fresh protest
(April 9, 2002) Local people have renewed their calls for the government to scrap a waste-water treatment project in tambon Klong Dan and to look into alleged irregularities in the project.
Klong Dan dispute: Residents appeal to Prime Minister Thaksin
(April 9, 2002) A group of villagers yesterday called on Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to suspend the construction of a wastewater treatment plant, alleging it is riddled with corruption.
CIDA not responsible for inaccurate geology assessment: Minister Whelan
(April 9, 2002) The report on the Environmental Impact Assessment submitted to CIDA contains a number of components including one entitled “Geology and Geotechnics”, which is a reproduction of part of an earlier feasibility study. This study was not funded by CIDA.
ADB revamps watchdog mechanism after Thai project controversy
(April 7, 2002) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is reviewing its policy watchdog mechanism after coming under fire for a controversial wastewater management project it financed in Thailand, officials say.
Canada’s Senate examines dam issue
(April 7, 2002) Questions raised in the Canadian Senate over the role of Fortis, the Canadian Company, in pushing, for a second dam in Belize to complement the existing dam at Mollejon.
Canada’s Senate examines dam issue
(April 7, 2002) Questions have been raised in the Canadian Senate over the role of Fortis, the Canadian Company, in pushing, for a second dam in Belize to complement the existing dam at Mollejon.
92 of 111 cases dismissed — PCGG
(April 6, 2002) Ninety-two out of 111 criminal cases filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government have been dismissed by the Office of the Ombudsman as of September last year, PCGG Commissioner Ruben Carranza Jr. said yesterday.
PCGG ‘rough’ estimate: 92 Marcos cases dropped
(April 5, 2002) The Presidential Commission on Good Government is aghast to discover that 92 of the 111 criminal cases that it filed against the Marcoses and their cronies with the Office of the Ombudsman have been dismissed.
Belize scientist urges Canadian government to stop backing rainforest dam
(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.
Three Gorges dam to be completed by May
Workers on the Three Gorges project have been told to make a concerted effort to build the dam to its final height of 185 metres by May, Xinhua reports.
‘No matter how we vote, we vote in blindness’
On April 3, 1992, the National People’s Congress approved the Three Gorges dam. But the refusal of one-third of NPC delegates to give the project their blessing amounted to an unprecedented display of opposition from China’s ‘rubber-stamp’ parliament.
Officials say they’re not papering over the cracks
(April 2, 2002) Small cracks in the Three Gorges dam discovered in 1999 have multiplied and grown. Construction officials say that although they regret not having taken the problem seriously at first, it is now being fixed.
Rare wildlife under threat because of a dam Canadians want built
(April 2, 2002) Transcript of CBC TV show ‘Disclosure’ that features key critics and proponents of the $30 million dam, including the Canadian International Development Agency and Probe International’s Grainne Ryder.
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.
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