hydropower
Dams in the Amazon: Not in my valley
Hydropower is not as reliable as people thought. New ways to generate electricity are becoming more attractive EARLIER this year Arnaldo Kabá, chief of Brazil’s Munduruku people, journeyed from his home in Brazil’s Tapajós valley to London to demand a halt to projects which, he believes, threaten his people’s land. Flanked by activists in monkey […]
Worker Revolts Delay Mega-Projects in Brazil
In Grenoble, France, there is a 40-metre-long scale model of the Jirau dam that is being built in Brazil’s Amazon jungle. The exact replica of the project makes is possible to foresee and analyse possible risks, such as the heavy flow of sediment in the Madeira River. But “the model does not take people into […]
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