Brazil green lights Amazon dam disregarding environmental laws and local opposition
New Dilma Government approves fast-track forest clearance and commencement of controversial Belo Monte construction site Brasília, Brazil (January 27, 2011)—The Brazilian government has issued a "partial” installation license allowing the Belo Monte Dam Complex to break ground on the margins of the Amazon’s Xingu River despite egregious disregard for human rights and environmental legislation, the […]