Newfoundlanders urge Fortis shareholders to scrap Belize rainforest dam
May 14/2003
Probe International Press Advisory
Newfoundland activist and political satirist Greg Malone questioned directors about Fortis' plans from the floor of the shareholders’ meeting at St. John’s Delta Hotel today.

Canadian rainforest dam on trial at University of Toronto
March 12/2003
Fortis shareholders are at risk, Kennedy warns.

Judge orders public hearing on Canadian-backed dam
December 20/2002
Belize’s Supreme Court has recommended public hearings on a controversial plan by Newfoundland-based power company, Fortis, Inc., to build a 50-metre high dam in the rainforest of this tiny Central American country.

Supreme Court Ruling This Week on Controversial Canadian Dam
December 18/2002
The Supreme Court of Belize will rule this week on a case challenging government approval of a Canadian-backed dam that would flood one of the last undisturbed river valleys in Central America.

Belize wildlife activist battles Canadian power company
Probe International Press Advisory   September 16/2002
Sharon Matola, the woman leading the international fight against a Canadian-backed hydro scheme in Central America's Belize is in Toronto this week to meet with environmentalists.

Belize government disavows Canadian-backed rainforest dam
Probe International and Natural Resources Defense Council Press Release   August 8/2002
In a dramatic turnaround, the Belize government has denied ever giving Canadian power company Fortis Inc. permission to build a controversial hydro dam in one of Central America's last undisturbed rainforests.

Canadian dam in Belize rainforest stalled by legal action
July 11/2002
Canadian power company Fortis Inc.'s controversial plan to build a hydro dam in one of Central America's last undisturbed rainforests has been stalled due to legal action by local environmental groups.

Belize scientist urges Canadian government to stop backing rainforest dam
Probe International Press Release   April 5/2002
Leading Belize wildlife expert, Sharon Matola, visits Ottawa to urge federal government to withdraw its support for a hydro dam that threatens Belize wildlife.

Environmentalists sue over secret Canadian deal to dam Belize rainforest
Probe International and Natural Resources Defense Council Press Release   March 26/2002
Belizean environmental groups filed a lawsuit last week before the Supreme Court of Belize to block a controversial Canadian-backed hydro dam in Belize's Macal River Valley.

Probe International accuses Canadian engineering giant of professional negligence and incompetence
Probe International Press Release   February 27/2002
Probe International filed a complaint yesterday against Canadian engineering firm, AMEC, for professional misconduct, negligence, and incompetence regarding its geotechnical assessment of the proposed Chalillo dam in Belize.

Canadian geological assessment of Belizean dam site wrong, experts warn
Probe International Press Backgrounder   January 31/2002
Canadian power company, Fortis Inc., is set to build a hydro dam in Belize's Macal River Valley, an area with extensive bedrock fractures and faults that could prove unstable, geologists warn.

Groups seek legal injunction to stop construction of Canadian-backed hydro dam in Belize rainforest
Probe International   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.

Environmental clearance for Canadian-backed hydro scheme in Belize illegal, say conservation groups
December 31/2001
Chalillo Press Backgrounder

Robert Kennedy Jr. to visit Belize: Mission to stop Canadian rainforest dam
Probe International Press Release   December 17/2001
Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will travel to Belize to support citizens opposing the Chalillo dam that will drown a last rainforest refuge for Central American wildlife.

Newfoundland power company gets green light to flood Central American rainforest
Probe International Press Release   November 15/2001
Belize government decision to grant clearance to Newfoundland-based Fortis Inc. for its proposed Chalillo hydro dam contravenes Belize environmental law, say citizens groups.

Kennedy slams plan for Canadian dam in Belize rainforest
Probe International Press Advisory   October 29/2001
Robert Kennedy, Jr. will join environmentalists at a news conference to alert Canadian shareholders to plans by Newfoundland-based Fortis to flood Belize's Macal River Valley, one of the wildest places remaining in Central America.

Environmental groups stare down billion dollar Canadian company over rainforest-destroying dam
Probe International Press Release   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.

Dam pristine river valley, says Canada's foreign aid agency
Probe International Press Release   September 20/2001
A new report from CIDA recommends that construction of the proposed Chalillo dam in Belize begin early next year, even though scientists warn against the scheme because of its devastating effects on Central American wildlife.

Probe International slams CIDA secrecy
Probe International Press Release   August 28/2001
Probe International demands the release of a CIDA-financed environmental assessment of Belize's proposed Chalillo dam.

International scientists issue warning to Canadian multinational
Probe International Press Advisory   April 25/2001
Canadian hydro dam threatens Central American wildlife. Some of the world's leading tropical ecologists and wildlife experts have joined the campaign against a hydro scheme that threatens endangered Central American wildlife.

Environmentalists urge Newfoundland-based Fortis Corporation to abandon hydro scheme in Belize
Probe International Press Advisory   January 25/2001
Press Advisory - Canadian and U.S. environmental groups sign letter urging the Newfoundland-based Fortis Corporation to abandon its plans to invest in a hydro dam on Belize's Macal river

Canadian aid agency pays engineering firm to justify dam construction in Belize
Probe International Press Advisory   November 21/2000
Hydro scheme threatens jaguar, Scarlet Macaw habitat.

World Commission on Dams set to release final  report  tomorrow
Probe International Press Release   November 15/2000
Dam Builders Fear Tougher Guidelines, Fewer Subsidies, an End to Large Dams

Canadian-backed hydro scheme threatens Belize wildlife
Probe International Press Release   July 24/2000
Probe International argues for better alternatives to Canadian-backed Challilo dam in Belize.