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Trinidad and Tobago questioning involvement with SNC-Lavalin 21 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are reconsidering the country’s involvement with corruption-plagued engineering firm SNC-Lavalin. By Brady Yauch for Probe International Officials in Trinidad and Toba...
Business as usual for SNC-Lavalin subsidiary 20 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
(August 20, 2013) The World Bank and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development have banned Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin from bidding on aid contracts. But that hasn’t det...
Criminals see value of intangible carbon market – Interpol 19 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
(August 19, 2013) Vulnerable because of its intangible nature, carbon credit trading has become a haven for a new and emerging type of crime says Interpol, the world’s largest international police org...
Has the Three Gorges Dam increased Shanghai’s flood risk potential? 10 Aug 2013 | 02:47 am
(August 9, 2013) The effects of the giant dam’s operations on water flow are ramping up the risks of damage from storm surges in Shanghai, says expert. Meanwhile, China’s flood loss potential sounds w...
SNC-Lavalin corruption allegations abound — so why’s Canada promoting the company abroad? 6 Aug 2013 | 05:37 pm
A little-known Crown corporation is doing what it can to help corruption-plagued SNC-Lavalin get a lucrative contract in Trinidad and Tobago. By Patricia Adams and Brady Yauch The Canadian government...
China faces its worst economic crisis: water 1 Aug 2013 | 02:50 am
(July 3, 2013) Water woes ranging from polluted drinking water to contaminated groundwater reserves and toxic rivers, to cross-border water disputes with neighbours over transboundary river flows, is ...
Giant landslide likely caused by Xiluodu Dam impoundment, says Chinese geologist 31 Jul 2013 | 01:43 am
(July 30, 2013) Fan Xiao, a Chinese geologist and chief engineer of the Regional Geological Survey Team of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau, says analysis of the recent landslide in Yunnan Provi...
UK lawmakers unclear on how aid money is spent 30 Jul 2013 | 10:57 pm
Lawmakers in the UK say the country is handing out billions of dollars in foreign aid without knowing how it is spent. By Brady Yauch for Probe International Lawmakers in the UK admit the country is h...
Farewell, Wu Dengming, “China’s green hero” 26 Jul 2013 | 03:48 am
(July 25, 2013) Wu Dengming, praised as “China’s green hero” for his tireless dedication to protecting the environment, passed away this month, aged 73. He is remembered here by those who knew and adm...
Beijing social think-tank shut down amid crackdown 20 Jul 2013 | 07:44 pm
(July 20, 2013) On the heels of anti-graft campaigner Xu Zhiyong's detention, authorities continue to get tough on rights activists as they endure another wallop of repression, shutting down a Beijing...
