Op-ed: The Tucuruí dam in Brazil is not ‘clean energy’ - A Tribute to Dilma Ferreira Silva
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By Stephanie Jiménez
This article was written to commemorate World Water Day (March 22nd) and International Day Against Dams (March 14th)
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Brumadinho Dam Collapse and Brazilian Infrastructure
February 11, 2019
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On January 25, 2019, the Córrego do Feijão dam, a tailings dam for an iron ore mine in Brumadinho, a Southeast city in Brazil, collapsed, leaving 134 people confirmed dead and 199 people missing, with little hope that they wi
Broken Dam Causes Environmental Disaster in Brazil
April 27, 2016
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On November 5th, 2015, an unprecedented environmental disaster took place in the interior state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Two dams containing runoff material from nearby mines, ruptured and sent a wave of chemically hazardous sludge throughout the nearby regions. The dams, located in the municipality of Mariana, covered entire towns and wildlife in a thick layer of sludge, and moved its way to the Rio Doce which now runs a deep orange color.
Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam and the Green Economy
April 26, 2016
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The Brazilian government has placed its bet on Amazonian hydroelectric infrastructure as a key piece of its clean energy future. A national discourse about the green economy and sustainable development surround such large development projects today, despite the long and distressing historical track record of building large dams in the Amazon.
