(January 1, 2002) In an attempt to increase public access to information on EDC operations, Probe International has assembled the following information from our extensive files, including 20 years of correspondence with EDC, EDC Annual Reports and news releases, and articles from trade journals, newspapers, and magazines.
Need versus greed? The Bujagali Falls dam project gets go-ahead from World Bank despite criticism
(January 1, 2002) The Bujagali Falls are a site of national pride in Uganda. Twisting blue waters set against a carpet of green land, the Bujagali Falls are a beautiful landmark in comparison to this country’s rough and difficult history.
PRESS RELEASE: Environmental clearance for Canadian-backed hydro scheme in Belize illegal, say conservation groups
Chalillo Press Backgrounder
The story of Nam Theun 2 public consultations
(December 31, 2001) Indeed, public consultation has been honed to a science. The Bank takes it so seriously that for Nam Theun 2, it hired an evolution expert to evaluate formally the effectiveness of the Nam Theun 2 public consultations.
Environmental clearance for Canadian-backed hydro scheme in Belize illegal, say conservation groups
(December 31, 2001) Conservation groups opposing a Canadian-backed
hydro scheme in a Belize rainforest are challenging the government’s
environmental clearance for the project as illegal.
Why should they pay? (Letter to the Editor)
(December 28, 2001) Millions of black South Africans, who lack basic services such as housing, decent schools and hospitals, must toil daily to pay back the billions of dollars borrowed by former apartheid regimes to oppress them.
Where things stand with Fortis’s proposed Chalillo dam
The last few months have seen major developments in the campaign to stop Fortis’s hydro scheme in Belize’s Macal River Valley. Here’s an update of recent events.
Fight for the right to say no
(December 22, 2001) SOME large dams just shouldn’t be built.
Concrete Jungle: Dam set to go ahead despite danger
(December 22, 2001) What is the point of gauging the environmental impact of a dam before it is built? Not a lot, if a row over a proposed Chalillo hydroelectric scheme in Belize is anything to go by.
Letter to the Editor: Before it’s too dam late
(December 21, 2001) The director of the Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs writes a letter to the editor of Newfoundland’s Telegram.
Water official raises Yangtze flood-control concerns
(December 20, 2001) A senior Chinese water official has raised concerns about flood control on the Yangtze River, even after the Three Gorges dam is built.
World Bank approves Bujagali dam despite major economic risks
(December 18, 2001) The World Bank today approved a large dam in Uganda that could prove to be a white elephant for that nation’s citizens, while enriching the US-based AES Corp., the largest independent power producer in the world.
PRESS RELEASE: Robert Kennedy Jr. to visit Belize: Mission to stop Canadian rainforest dam
Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will travel to Belize this week to support citizens opposing a Canadian-backed hydro dam that will drown a last rainforest refuge for Central American wildlife.
Robert Kennedy Jr. to visit Belize: Mission to stop Canadian rainforest dam
(December 17, 2001) Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will travel to Belize this week
to support citizens opposing a Canadian-backed hydro dam that will
drown a last rainforest refuge for Central American wildlife.
Migrants’ appeal falls on deaf ears
This letter, written by farmers moved from Wushan county in 1997 to make way for the Three Gorges dam, was submitted to officials in June of last year, but has only recently come to light. It provides moving evidence of the extreme hardships the migrants have faced in the new location and documents a litany of broken promises by resettlement officials.
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