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Facts on the South-North Water Diversion Scheme - Western Route
August 31, 2007
[Full story]
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Chinese Activists Champion Human Rights in Lead-Up to Beijing Olympics
August 16, 2007
Probe International Fellow Dai Qing, one of 40 prominent Chinese activists and writers, called on Chinese and world leaders last week asking them to respect human rights in the lead up to the Beijing 2008 Olympics. [Full story]
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PRESS RELEASE: Belizeans seek court order forcing Canadian-owned power company to honour its environmental obligations
July 11, 2007
A Canadian-owned power company could be forced to stop work on its third dam on Belize’s Macal River – underway since earlier this year – if Belizean environmentalists can persuade the Supreme Court to uphold the law. [Full story]
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ELECTRICITY OF VIETNAM: Toxic algae in Vietnam’s second largest hydro reservoir linked to illnesses in downstream Cambodia
July 04, 2007
New reservoirs could produce toxic algae for 5 to 10 years. [Full story]
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Toxic algae in Vietnam’s second largest hydro reservoir linked to illnesses in downstream Cambodia
July 04, 2007
New reservoirs could produce toxic algae for 5 to 10 years. [Full story]
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China’s Three Gorges Corporation vying to build world’s largest hydro project in Central Africa
June 22, 2007
China’s Three Gorges Corporation is vying to construct an even more ambitious hydro project in central Africa. Probe International's Grainne Ryder argues that building dependence on a single huge power source may benefit a few state power utilities but at the expense of rural Africans. [Full story]
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Probe International opposes World Bank financing for Congo dams
May 28, 2007
Probe International tells the World Bank to halt all loans to the Democratic Republic of Congo's Inga dam project until those affected by the dam are provided with the water, sanitation, electricity, health and education services promised to them more than 30 years ago. [Full story]
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Aiding or abetting? Internal resettlement and international aid agencies in the Lao PDR
August 25, 2005
Over the last decade, tens of thousands of ethnic minority people in Lao PDR have been resettled from the remote highlands to lowland areas and near major roads. International aid agencies have supported this internal resettlement. [Full story]
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An update on the Chalillo dam in Belize's Macal River Valley
August 23, 2002
In the last two years, we've made our concerns about Fortis and its federal backers heard in parliament, before the Senate, at Fortis shareholders' meetings in St. John's, and via the media in Belize, Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, and the United States. [Full story]
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Mock Accountability: A Review of the Asian Development Bank's Inspection Function
July 30, 2002
Probe's submission provides a public record of why the ADB's inspection of Thailand's Samut Prakarn Wastewater Treatment Project has failed to deliver the level of accountability and justice demanded by affected communities. [Full story]
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Groups seek legal injunction to stop construction of Canadian-backed hydro dam in Belize rainforest
January 18, 2002
Environmental groups in Belize are preparing to seek an injunction against Newfoundland-based company Fortis Inc. to stop all construction activity at its proposed Chalillo dam site. [Full story]
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Where things stand with Fortis's proposed Chalillo dam
December 24, 2001
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. [Full story]
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Complaint to Auditor-General's Commissioner on Environment and Sustainable Development
December 04, 2001
Re: CIDA's support for the Chalillo dam [Full story]
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Statement by Ms. Adams on Bill C-31 to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
November 21, 2001
Bill C-31 will allow EDC to write the rules, establish the criteria, define the terms, assess itself, and then decide whether or not it is justified in supporting a project that will destroy the environment. [Full story]
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Probe International's brief to SCFAIT on Bill C-31
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. [Full story]
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Letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Manley
October 12, 2001
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. [Full story]
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EDC Secrecy Threatens Canadian Democracy
June 29, 2001
Probe International's report on EDC's draft disclosure policy. [Full story]
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What you should know about Belize's Macal River valley
May 28, 2001
We must protect the scarlet macaw and other endangered wildlife from senseless annihilation. [PDF] [Full story]
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A review of the Se San 3 hydropower project feasibility study
October 16, 2000
This review indicates that the project is not economically viable, and serious downstream effects were not addressed by the dam proponents. [Full story]
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Asian Development Bank defers model hydro scheme in Vietnam
September 11, 2000
Reports of at least five drownings as a result of massive
flooding caused by Vietnam's second largest hydro dam
have prompted the Asian Development Bank to postpone
financing of another dam on the same river. [Full story]
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Asian Development Bank defers model hydro scheme˙in˙Vietnam
September 11, 2000
Reports of at least five drownings as a result of massive flooding caused by Vietnam's second largest hydro dam have prompted the Asian Development Bank to postpone financing of another dam on the same river. [Full story]
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Leaked report blasts World Bank on China-Tibet resettlement scheme
July 06, 2000
This PI news release details concerns over the China Western Poverty Reduction Project. [Full story]
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This is a race to the bottom! Export Development Corporation 'will do anything'
March 21, 2000
[Full story]
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Speech to the 2000 National Foreign Policy Conference
March 18, 2000
[Full story]
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Peddling yesterday's technology:
Aid for large hydro dams must be˙stopped
February 27, 2000
Speech to the World Commission on Dams presented by Probe International's Grainne Ryder [Full story]
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