User login |
Environmental ImpactsTenotã-mõ: Conseqüências dos projetos hidrelétricos no rio Xingu (5.7 MB)A. Oswaldo Sevá Filho, Organizador Independent Experts Find Fatal Flaws in Amazon Dam StudiesA group of independent experts -- including internationally-renowned authorities on the Amazon -- have found serious errors and omissions in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for Brazil’s massive Madeira River hydroelectric project. The experts found the EIA to be inadequate, and recommend that additional studies be undertaken to evaluate the project’s impacts. Related content:
The Great Carbon Offset Swindle: International Rivers Report Deconstructs the ScamTim Kingston
Related content:
Free with 84 Lumber Wood Products: Controversy from Chile
Pennsylvania Company’s Chilean Wood Buying Threatens Two Pristine Rivers Related content:
International Relations Center: Damming Patagonia's Rivers: A Dirty Energy BusinessAaron Sanger Originally published by Americas Program, Center for International Policy Related content:
Atlanta Earth Day Performer to Home Depot: You Can Do It. We Can Help.Aaron Sanger
“Cows with Guns” country singer Dana Lyons Urges Atlanta-based Company to Cut Ties with Controversial Chilean Dam Plan. Related content:
Review of Environmental Impact Assessment for Theun-Hinboun Expansion ProjectDavid Blake
Related content:
"Stop Patagonia Dams" says The New York TimesNow that The New York Times - an international opinion leader - has taken a stand, your action to stop the dams will have much more impact. Please read the editorial and take action to help us in the fight to protect the Baker and Pascua rivers in Patagonia. Related content:
Brazil to Build $15.6 Billion in Dams in Amazon Region (Water And Wastewater International)On Dec. 10, 2007, a consortium of Brazilian companies won an auction to build and operate the 3,150 megawatt (MW) Santo Antonio dam on the Madeira River in the Amazon rainforest near Bolivia. Consorcio Madeira Energetica, led by large construction company Construtora Norberto Odebrecht SA, beat out two other consortiums formed by Spain’s Endesa Related content:
|