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O Financiamento Público de Belo Monte: Arriscado e Quente Demais
Aluminum smelting (Aguirre/Switkes/Archive)Em uma recente entrevista com o Financial Times, o Ministro de Finanças Guido Mantega afirmou que a economia...
Belo Monte's Public Finance: Red Hot & Risky
Aluminum smelting(Aguirre/Switkes/Archive) In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega stated that the Brazilian economy...
A Conexão Hidrelétricas e Alumínio
Close to half of all energy consumed by the aluminum industry comes from hydroelectric dams, and the industry believes that...
Brazil’s PAC 2 Spells Environmental Disaster
The Brazilian government is planning the second phase of its PAC or Growth Acceleration Program. While Belo Monte Dam is...
Along With Power, Questions Flow at Laos's New Dam
By Richard Stone The start-up of one of Southeast Asia’s biggest hydropower dams haslaunched a new round of debate over...
Laos Hydropower Project Deprives Villagers of Water, Food, Income
AlterNet Back in November, I visited Navan Tai village on the Xe Bang Fai River in Laos. The morning sun...
Laos' Nam Theun 2 Dam Starts Operation
Risky Business tells the story of Nam Theun 2‘s impacts on affected communities. More than 6,200 people were displaced to...
Doubts Hound World Bank-Backed Dam as Its Turbines Start Up
Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Mar 25 (IPS) – It has been just over a week since the turbines came to life...
Countries Blame China, Not Nature, for Water Shortage
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/world/asia/02drought.html?emc=eta1 BANGKOK In southern China, the worst drought in at least 50 years has dried up farmers? fields and left...
For Whom the Mighty Mekong Flows
Opinion Piece published in The Bangkok Post Since the end of last year, Jeerasak Intayos, a 38-year-old villager from Chiang...