(February 24, 2002) Lawsuit challenges Belize government’s conditional go-ahead for Chalillo dam project without public hearings or consideration of hundreds of pages of comments from leading scientists, as required by law.
Interview with Belize Prime Minister Said Musa
(February 24, 2002) In an exclusive interview with The Reporter, Belize Prime Minister agrees that the Chaillo dam should only proceed when all doubts about environment mitigation studies and the geolology of the site are resolved.
Leading engineers call for geological-safety inspection
(February 21, 2002) Two senior Chinese water engineers have urged the central government to undertake a geological-safety inspection of new settlements being built in the Three Gorges area before the dam reservoir is filled next year.
Dam could imperil endangered-crane habitat, author warns
Downstream impacts of the Three Gorges dam could ‘fatally degrade’ an important wintering ground for the world’s most endangered crane species, writer-naturalist Peter Matthiessen warns in a new book.
Canadian firm charged with bribery in Lesotho
(February 20, 2002) The prosecution team says evidence will be led that Acres International paid bribes worth millions of US dollars to the former chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Authority.
Belize dam approval challenged in court
(February 20, 2002) Belizean environmental and business groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the Belizean government’s conditional approval for the Canadian-backed Chalillo hydroelectric dam.
Maseru bribery: Canadian firm charged
(February 19, 2002) A Canadian firm of contractors, Acres International, was charged with two counts of bribery in the Lesotho High Court on Tuesday in connection with the two-nation Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
Group storms Edo Assembly, wants $120m ADB loan traced
(February 15, 2002) EDO-members stormed the State House of Assembly yesterday, demanding for an investigation into how a loan of $120m from the African Development Bank (ADB) for urban water supply disappeared.
Murky waters build behind dam project
There’s more to this story than the spin-masters at AMEC and Fortis would have Telegram readers believe, says Probe International in response to The Telegram’s Feb. 5 article.
Environmental and business groups sue to stop Canadian firm’s dam in Belize rainforest
Belizean environmental and business groups filed a lawsuit last week to block a controversial Canadian-backed dam in an important rainforest wilderness.
Environmental and business groups sue to stop Canadian firm’s dam in Belize rainforest
(February 14, 2002) Belizean environmental and business groups filed a lawsuit last week to block a controversial Canadian-backed dam in an important rainforest wilderness.
Three Gorges resettlement: quick, coercive, corrupt
Residents of Wushan county who have refused to move to make way for the Three Gorges reservoir have had their homes blown up, the Three Gorges Project Daily (Sanxia gongcheng bao) reports.
Why are our tax dollars helping a Canadian multinational bulldoze the rainforests of Belize?
ASK CIDA!
(February 11, 2002) Last month bulldozers began illegally clearing a road through the rainforest to make way for the construction of the Chalillo dam which would flood the rainforest valley of the Upper Macal River – one of the wildest places left in Central America. This would not be happening without Canada’s help:
Coalition of environmental groups slams CIDA involvement in Belize dam project
(February 11, 2002) OTTAWA – A coalition of environmental groups has placed an ad in today’s edition of the parliamentary paper, The Hill Times, that charges the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) with helping to justify a destructive and costly dam in the rainforests of Belize, Central America.
Why are our tax dollars helping a Canadian multinational bulldoze the rainforests of Belize?
(February 10, 2002) Last month bulldozers began illegally clearing a road through the rainforest to make way for the construction of the Chalillo dam which would flood the rainforest valley of the Upper Macal River – one of the wildest places left in Central America.
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