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Brazilian mining company connected to Belo Monte dam voted worst corporation

Jeremy Hance 31 Jan 2012

Brazil begins preliminary damming of Xingu River as protests continue

Jeremy Hance 19 Jan 2012

Deforestation, climate change threaten the ecological resilience of the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jan 2012

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2011

Jeremy Hance, Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2011

Environmental news in review: Keystone pipeline delayed, Dole exits banana project, a rhino goes extinct

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2011

Featured video: are hydroelectric dams a solution to climate change?

Jeremy Hance 28 Nov 2011

Brazilian dam-builder quits Peru project after indigenous protest

Mongabay.com 23 Nov 2011

Indigenous do not have right to free, prior and informed consultation on Amazon dam, rules Brazilian court

Mongabay.com 9 Nov 2011

The dam-maker: China involved in 289 dam projects worldwide

Jeremy Hance 6 Nov 2011

Picture of the day: Mekong sunrise

Jeremy Hance 2 Nov 2011

Hydroelectric dam still a greenhouse gas source after 10 years

Jeremy Hance 1 Nov 2011

Occupy Belo Monte: indigenous stage “permanent” protest against Amazon dam in Brazil

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2011

Brazil boycotts OAS meeting after sharp human rights rebuke over giant Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2011

Belo Monte dam license ‘illegal’ rules Brazilian federal judge

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2011

Brazil plans $120 billion in infrastructure investments in the Amazon by 2020

Mongabay.com 19 Oct 2011

Public opposition pushes Myanmar to suspend giant Chinese dam

Jeremy Hance 4 Oct 2011

Judge: work must halt on monster dam, Belo Monte

Jeremy Hance 29 Sep 2011

Dam puts wild coffee species at risk of extinction

Jeremy Hance 26 Sep 2011

Tribal leader to the UN: Indigenous peoples of the Amazon are in danger

Almir Surui Narayamoga Of The Surui Tribe 22 Sep 2011

Malaysian court blocks rainforest tribes’ fight against mega-dam in Borneo

Jeremy Hance 9 Sep 2011

Protesters demand end to controversial Amazon dam

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2011

Environmental protection agency chief: Brazil will do the same to indigenous as ‘Australians did to the Aborigines’

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2011

Picture of the day: waterfall on the endangered Xingu river

Mongabay.com 11 Jul 2011

BNDES paradox: bank funds both destruction and conservation of indigenous lands

Mongabay.com 7 Jul 2011

Rainforest tribe forcibly removed from dam area to palm oil plantation

Jeremy Hance 23 Jun 2011

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon continues to rise; clearing highest near Belo Monte dam site

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Jun 2011

Peru cancels massive dam project after years of protests

Jeremy Hance 16 Jun 2011

Last chance to see: the Amazon’s Xingu River

Jeremy Hance 15 Jun 2011

Brazil’s shame

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jun 2011

Amazon mega-dam gets final approval

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2011

Violent protests follow approval of massive dam project in Patagonia

Jeremy Hance 16 May 2011

Controversial Brazilian mega-dam receives investment of $1.4 billion

Jeremy Hance 2 May 2011

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