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Impasses and Controversies of Hydroelectricity

Article by Célio Bermann in the journal of the Institute for Advanced Studies of the University of São Paulo

Environmental Impacts of Tucuruí Dam

Philip M. Fearnside (2001) "Environmental Impacts of Brazil’s Tucuruí Dam: Unlearned Lessons for Hydroelectric Development in Amazonia," Environmental Management 27:3.

 

Sobre a "Energia Barata de Belo Monte"

Antônia Melo da Silva


"Insanidade é fazer sempre as mesmas coisas, esperando resultados diferentes"
Albert Einstein.

Lula Promises not to Shove Belo Monte Down Our Throats

 

President Lula Meets with Social Movements to Discuss Belo Monte Dam (       Ricardo Stuckert, Presidência da República)

President Lula Meets with Social Movements to Discuss Belo Monte Dam (  Ricardo Stuckert, Presidência da República)

In a potentially historic meeting, social movements and indigenous people fighting Belo Monte Dam met with President Lula last week. Those present reported that Lula promised to initiate a dialogue on the proposed project, and that the president guaranteed in his own inimitable way that that "Belo Monte will not be shoved down anyone's throat." But, how likely is Lula to slow down or halt the electric sector's juggernaut that is primed to push the project forward at any cost?

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