(June 11, 2001) The Financial Times of London and South China Morning Postreport that China’s censors have launched a clampdown on press freedoms, revealing insecurities among the country’s ruling elite threatened by rampant corruption and rural strife. The cause of their sensitivity seems to be a combination of an increasingly lively and emboldened state media, and the approaching 80th Communist Party anniversary, on July 1.
New report from China’s top advisors admits big unrest
(1) New report from China’s top advisors admits big unrest
(2) Power ploys
(3) China’s eco conscience
(4) Three Gorges Dam: Premier Zhu stresses quality
(5) Activists warn investors about Yangtze banks
(6) Three Gorges dam makes smooth headway
Row delays Laos hydroelectric dam at least a year
(June 8, 2001) Delayed: NT2 won’t be ready until at least December 2007.
Federal support of exports: too secretive
(June 8, 2001) The Access to Information Act should apply to the Export Development Corporation – Montreal’s M‚tro newspaper quotes Probe International.
Federal support of exports: too secretive
(June 8, 2001) The Access to Information Act should apply to the Export Development Corporation – Montreal’s Métro newspaper quotes Probe International. The government makes "excessive and unreasonable" use of certain clauses in the Access to Information Act in order to "protect the corporations it awards contracts to," says Probe International (PI) in a document submitted to a federal task force established to review the Access to Information Act.
PRESS RELEASE: Government secrecy threatens Canadian democracy, puts Third World lives at risk
(June 6, 2001) Power to cover-up dooms Canadian agencies to repeat mistakes, says Probe International to Federal Task Force.
Four uncertainties threatening water resources in China
(June 5, 2001) ‘Aridity, waterlogging, water pollution as well as soil erosion are four major problems threatening the development of water resources in China,’ water minister Wang Shucheng tells People’s Daily.
Russian nature minister to embark on China visit
(June 4, 2001) Russia’s natural resources minister is embarking Tuesday on a working visit to neighboring China, where he will meet with officials to discuss common environmental issues.
Hydro Electric Plans Blasted by Funding Drought
(June 4, 2001) Burma’s national power company will hold off on raising electricity rates because of inflationary fears, its deputy chief engineer told the Myanmar Times in an interview published in the June 4 edition of the English-language weekly.
Plant relocations in pollution crackdown
(June 3, 2001) Nine major industrial plants in the southern city of Guangzhou will be removed from the city’s urban centre by 2010 as part of an anti-pollution drive, sources with the Guangzhou environmental protection department said recently.
BACONGO informs Canadians of the facts on Chalillo and urges BEL for disclosure of information
BACONGO – the Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs – calls on Canada’s Fortis, Inc. to commit to openness and transparency.
BEL not truth telling in Canada
(June 3, 2001) In blatant disregard for the truth, the Belize Electricity Limited C.E.O. and a Belize Government representative have told Fortis Inc. shareholders and the Canadian press untruth after untruth about the Chalillo hydro project.
BACONGO informs Canadians of the facts on Chalillo and urges BEL for disclosure of information
(June 3, 2001) BACONGO the Belize Alliance of Conservation NGOs calls on Canada’s Fortis, Inc. to commit to openness and transparency.
NGO river recovery plan for British Columbia rivers focuses on decommissioning
(June 1, 2001) Encouraging new efforts toward river protection are in contrast to Canada’s past record as a stalwart supporter of large dams and refuge for the troubled hydro industry.
Government Secrecy Threatens Canadian Democracy
(June 1, 2001) Probe International argues that the Canadian government’s growing predilection for secrecy is alarming. Probe recommends that the disclosure of information on public interest grounds should prevail over corporate interests.
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