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Hi Paul, I know the following should have gone out in sierra-news but the action wasn't confirmed until today and time does not permit. Please forgive me and post it to sust-mar. Thanks, Cyndi ---- Stop Fortis from building a dam in Belize! Friday November 30, 11am Maritime Centre, 1505 Barrington Street at Spring Garden Dress up as tapir, a jaguar, or a scarlet macaw and win a prize! (Note: Fortis Properties, a subsidiary of Fortis Inc. owns the Maritime Centre) For more information visit www.stopfortis.org or call toll free 1-866 STOP FORTIS (1-866-786-7367). If you are interested in organizing an action in your area, please email atlantic.canada.chapter@sierraclub.org or call (902)422-5091. Background Info: Fortis Inc. of St. John's Newfoundland plans to build a 30-million-dollar, 35-metre hydroelectric dam that will flood about 800 hectares in the western interior of Belize. This tragedy of globalization will destroy the habitat destroy one of the most biologically diverse areas in Central America and disrupt the habitat of endangered species of more than a dozen rare or endangered species including howler monkeys, tapirs, jaguars, and scarlet macaws as well as inundate unexplored relics of the ancient Maya civilization. The government of Belize, through its National Environmental Appraisal Committee (NEAC), has given Fortis clearance to the dam by accepting the Environmental Impact Assessment report. NEAC dismissed the main recommendation from Fortis's own wildlife consultants, the British Natural History Museum, who stated that the dam should not be built because it will devastate Belize wildlife and migratory bird populations. The Canadian government, through CIDA, is contibuting $250,000 for this same report. Stand in solidarity with the four hundred people who gathered earlier this month in Belize's capital, Belmopan, to protest against the dam and Fortis's electricity monopoly, which has Belizeans paying three times what Canadians pay for electricity. -- Cyndi Gilbert Coordinator, Atlantic Canada Chapter Sierra Club of Canada 1312 Robie Street, Halifax NS B3H 3E2 Tel: (902)422-5091 Fax: (902)422-9440 www.sierraclub.ca/atlantic ----------------------------------------------- Stay in touch with the Sierra Club! Subscribe to sierra-news, a monthly email newsletter about Sierra Club environmental activities, campaigns, and opportunities in Atlantic Canada. Email majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca. and type "subscribe sierra-news" in the body of your message. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca To submit a message to sust-mar (subscribers only!), please send it to: mailto:sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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