Camden residents have voted to remove a 200-year-old dam, marking the end of a controversy that divided the town.

A case in point: the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam and reservoir ... But Aaron, having spent two years in the region before me, saw a different Altamira. He described the city I was seeing as ...

The construction of the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon is ... The sentiments the locals expressed to me made me realize that those people’s world was being ...

A federal court in Brazil has ordered a halt to work on the $16-billion Belo Monte Dam under construction in the Amazon Basin. Judge Souza Prudente ruled on Aug. 14 that the project’s ...

Londolfo Aranha Neto, 59, casts his net among treetops at the edge of the Belo Monte Dam reservoir, near Altamira, Brazil. He is among the thousands of fisher families displaced by the flooding of ...

It’s the latest twist in a long-brewing battle between the Brazilian government and local indigenous communities over the Belo Monte dam. The government has backed the construction of what would ...

TheBelo Monte Dam is one of the most controversial projects in the world. The $17 billion hydro-electric dam will, when constructed, generate enough energy for over 23 million homes. However ...