(October 18, 2001) All spin and no substance: Bill C-31 is a devious bill drafted to convince the public that EDC is doing something to protect the environment while, in fact, EDC is frustrating efforts to stop its environmentally-damaging activities.
PRESS RELEASE: Environmental groups stare down billion dollar Canadian company over rainforest-destroying dam
A series of hard-hitting advertisements was launched today in the Maritime provinces by a coalition of groups united to stop Fortis Inc. from building a dam that would destroy a unique rainforest in Belize.
Environmental groups stare down billion dollar Canadian company over rainforest-destroying dam
(October 18, 2001)A series of hard-hitting advertisements was launched today in the Maritime provinces by a coalition of groups united to stop Fortis Inc. from building a dam that would destroy a unique rainforest in Belize.
Destroy the environment with our blessing, federal government tells crown corporation
(October 17, 2001) New legislation makes Canada’s Export Development Corporation judge, jury and executioner, Probe International to tell Parliamentary Committee.
PRESS RELEASE: Destroy the environment with our blessing, federal government tells crown corporation
(October 17, 2001) New legislation makes Canada’s Export Development Corporation judge, jury and executioner, Probe International to tell Parliamentary Committee.
Longtime dam opponent dies at 90
(October 16, 2001) “A government that respects democracy will never be allowed to build a dam project [Three Gorges] that will cause grave harm to the country and the people.” — Professor Huang Wanli (1911 – 2001).
Chemical spills into river in Shaanxi
(October 15, 2001) A spill at a chemical plant in northwest China’s Shaanxi province has contaminated the Wuding River with 2,000 tons of alkaline waste.
Halifax Initiative’s submission to SCFAIT hearings on Bill C-31
(October 15, 2001) Link to the NGO Working Group on the Export Development Corporation’s submission to SCFAIT on Bill C-31.
Letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Manley
Probe International, together with representatives of citizens groups in Belize and Washington-based Natural Resources Defense Council, call on the Canadian government to withdraw all support for the proposed Chalillo dam in Belize.
Endesa to press ahead with Ralco
(October 12, 2001) Endesa announces that the Ralco hydroelectric power plant on the 240-mile long Bío Bío river, will go on-line December 2003, six months later than planned. EDC provided Quebec’s ABB Alstom with US$17-million in financing for generating equipment.
Yellow River water sources drying up
(October 10, 2001) More than 2,000 lakes that nurture the source of China’s Yellow River are disappearing and causing water shortages, reports the state-run Xinhua news agency.
Witnesses to a crisis
A generation that helped build dams across China and clear its land for Mao Zedong’s revolution, has stopped to examine the environmental consequences of past actions. Highlighted in this report for the Far Eastern Economic Review, academics Lin Pei and Shen Zhaoli say a feat of social engineering unparalleled in human history and several hundred years is needed to reverse the damage done. But the report cautions, criticizing the government too harshly can lead to jail, as opponents of the country’s Three Gorges dam have discovered.
Yangtze water diversion scheme will impact environment
(September 17, 2001) Commenting on an official assessment of a controversial scheme to divert water from the Yangtze River Basin to northern China, the Vice-Minister of Water Resources, Suo Linseng, admitted to Xinhua news agency yesterday that there would be “some impact on the natural environment,” reports South China Morning Post.
Minister’s response to PI Aug. 28 letter
Minister’s response to PI Aug. 28 letter
(October 10, 2001) Letter in response to PI’s concern about the Canadian International Development Agency’s (CIDA) role in the Challilo Dam project that is under consideration by the Government of Belize.
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