http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11101842
Belo Monte Dam
Re: Belo Monte Dam
Hi Jo
Yes, it is absolutely shocking that this is being allowed to happen. For years the Dam has been refused planning due to it's inefficiency and environmental impact. I work int eh pipelien industry and it is controlled throughout the world to have as minimal impact as humanly possible. This is goign ahead purely as a political agenda (in my opinion), and shoudl never have been given the green light. The same stry has been recycled several times over the past few years but it never seems to halt the dams progress.
Yes, it is absolutely shocking that this is being allowed to happen. For years the Dam has been refused planning due to it's inefficiency and environmental impact. I work int eh pipelien industry and it is controlled throughout the world to have as minimal impact as humanly possible. This is goign ahead purely as a political agenda (in my opinion), and shoudl never have been given the green light. The same stry has been recycled several times over the past few years but it never seems to halt the dams progress.
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Re: Belo Monte Dam
A link to a video telling you what the Brazilian goverment has planned for the Amazon Basin; http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/5756
60 Dams over the next twenty years all over the Amazon Basin
60 Dams over the next twenty years all over the Amazon Basin
Re: Belo Monte Dam
On January 26, 2011, the environmental license for the construction of the dam was officially emited, authorizing Norte Energia to start building it.
Critics currently oppose construction of the dam complex because of concerns over social and environmental impacts, economic inviability, and inefficiency in electricity generation, as well as the displacement of local people. "The government has signed a death warrant for the Xingu river and condemned thousands of residents to expulsion," according to local Indian leaders.
When will ppl ever learn
Critics currently oppose construction of the dam complex because of concerns over social and environmental impacts, economic inviability, and inefficiency in electricity generation, as well as the displacement of local people. "The government has signed a death warrant for the Xingu river and condemned thousands of residents to expulsion," according to local Indian leaders.
When will ppl ever learn
