Tag: Dam
No Lesson Learned One Year after Brazil’s Catastrophic Dam Collapse with 270 Deaths
On Friday, January 25, 2019, most of Helena Taliberti’s family was swept away within ...
34 Dead and 300 Missing After Another Dam Collapses in Brazil
Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 300 missing people after a dam burst at ...
Brazil’s Belo Monte: Another Proof Hydropower Isn’t Green or Sustainable
There are few dams in the world that capture the imagination as much as ...
No More Amazon Mega-dams, Announces Brazil. Environmentalists and Indians Celebrate
Brazil’s government announced a major shift away from its policy of building mega-dams in ...
Brazil’s People and Environment Pay Dearly for the Country’s Energy-hungry Mining Projects
In the late 1970s, Raimunda Gomes da Silva and her husband, João Pereira da ...
Once Expelled from Belo Monte, Brazil’s River People Are Back to Their Old Spot
All is not quiet on Brazil’s western frontier. Families that were displaced from their ...
Brazilian Court’s Latest Decision: Amazon’s Belo Monte Dam Is Off
In the latest chapter of a decades-long dramatic battle between environmentalists and the government ...
Despite Indians and Greens Opposition Brazil Goes Ahead with Amazon Dam
The Brazilian government has given the go-ahead to a controversial project to build a ...
Brazil’s Pharaonic Project for the Amazon Threatens Humans and Nature
In recent weeks, the Brazilian government has turned to the difficult task of building ...
Brazil Rushes to Get Environmental Approval for Hydroelectric Plants
Following quickly on the heels of the announcement that the Brazilian government intends to ...
