Press: Probe International in the News

Following on from Ecuador's path-breaking precedent, Bolivia will set up a commission to audit external debt to assess the legitimacy of past loans. Bolivia's current heavy debt load dates back to periods of dictatorship when loans were borrowed without public consent.  read more »

Anti-poverty campaigners warn emergency funds loaned to Haiti, at the height of crisis, will become a heavy debt burden for the quake devastated country. Already caught in a cycle of repayment for loans racked up by dictators from the western governments that kept the country's looters in power, Haiti can't afford its future in the present form of help.  read more »

Between 45,000-50,000 may have died in the impoverished country of Haiti according to the American Red Cross as a result of the earthquake that shook Port-Au-Prince and surrounding areas on January 12, 2010. A hospital collapses, the President's palace is left in ruins, and many homes in shambles. Haitians bloodied from the devastation have walked away with tears in their eyes while others lay on the ground struggling to live or dead. This is what we see on the surface, but what is really going on behind the scenes of this catastrophe? What events were ongoing in Haiti prior to the earthquake?  read more »

Cap-and-trade schemes to curb global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions may turn out to be a "big scam" because they are impossible to properly police, a Canadian environmental advocacy group said on Wednesday.  read more »

The Canadian activist group Probe International based in Toronto is arguing that the global carbon credit market is not the environmental panacea it is held out to be and could actually be doing environmental harm.  read more »

The situation on the Macal River in Belize is murky.

Downstream from the Chalillo dam owned by Belize Electric, which is in turn owned by St. John's-based Fortis Inc., the river is filled with silt, turning it the colour of chocolate milk.  read more »

In a story on the recent Zipingpu dam study, the Wall Street Journal references Probe International.   read more »

High-efficiency gas-fired power plans to supply urban areas and micro hydropower, off-grid solar power, and biomass technologies in remote areas are a better power supply alternative to large hydropower projects, according to the report, which was drafted by NGO Forum together with Probe International, a Canadian advocacy group working on energy and development.  read more »

Cambodian media coverage regarding Probe International's report on reforming the country's electricity grid.  read more »

Environmental advocates are warning that a planned dam on China’s Yangtze River could lead to the extinction of a number of rare fish species, casting a fresh spotlight on the potential environmental costs of the country’s huge hydroelectric building program.  read more »