Belo Monte Dam auction is canceled

[black_mesa]

Well, here u go, concerned ppl :) (didnt find it anywhere posted, so, well, here u go)

Press Release - Amazon Watch (http://www.amazonwatch.org/newsroom/view_news.php?id=2055)

[madman]

Awesome news if it means what I thnk it means. Did JC make he difference? Going to read the release then I'll comment more.

[madman]

It doesn't appear that JC was directly repsonsible for the cancelation, but wow this is amazingly great news. I bet JC and Sigourney are estatic.

[VrrtepTaronyu]

Yeah!! thats what im talking about!!
2 words for you corporates SOB: GIT SOMEEEE!! :DDD

[Vauktu]

When I heard about the dam being built and reading about the effects which it would have had on it's surroundings, all I could think was "Wow, how is this even legal?". And apparently, it's not:


The decision is the result of the assessment of one of two public civil actions filed by federal prosecutors dealing with irregularities of the enterprise. It focuses specifically on the lack of regulation of Article 176 of the Federal Constitution of Brazil, which requires the issueing of an ordinary law for the use of hydraulic potential on Indian lands.

"It remains proven unequivocally that the Belo Monte hydroelectric will exploit the hydro energetic potential in areas occupied by indigenous people who will be directly affected by the construction and development of the project," the judge said in the decision.

[VrrtepTaronyu]

When I heard about the dam being built and reading about the effects which it would have had on it's surroundings, all I could think was "Wow, how is this even legal?". And apparently, it's not:

Its considered an enviromental crime :D
Thank Eywa xD

[tm20]

YEAH! This is great news.!

Amazon tribe: 1 Dam project people: 0 :nlol:

[black_mesa]

Actualy, you mean
The People - 1 : Scums - 0
:D

And yes, i have also been looking troughout for JC name, but that its not there makes no difference (it would have been just a cool addition) - it still puts a huge smile on my face and makes me happy ;))))

[tm20]

why do the people get a score of -1?

[Maelstrom]

Because we haven't actually accomplished anything, just stopped something from happening.

But yeah, so happy this was cancelled. It made me really frustrated to see that project in the first place.

[Tree of Souls]

Here is another article from the NYT on this subject. I'll include some important quotes:

"Ruling Stalls Amazon Dam, But Construction Likely"


Weaver, who starred in ''Avatar'' and traveled with Cameron to Brazil, also welcomed the dam delay. But she warned of a long fight ahead.

''We haven't stopped it. We postponed it,'' Weaver said. ''There needs to be more dialogue and the indigenous people need to be included.''


Brazilian policy makers view the dam as essential to providing a huge injection of renewable energy, said Christopher Garman, director of Latin American analysis at the Eurasia Group in Washington.

''This dam is going to happen. It's just a matter of when it happens,'' Garman said.

Environmental activists wouldn't concede that point, but they made clear the ruling that suspended bidding was only a small victory.

''No one is naive,'' said Atossa Soltani, executive director of Amazon Watch.

''Everyone recognizes that in Brazil a decision like this could be overturned quickly, and that we haven't won the battle yet,'' he said.



http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/16/world/AP-LT-Brazil-Amazon-Dam.html?_r=1

[VrrtepTaronyu]

Hmm... IMO the judge at that ruling is a huge AVATAR fan!!! :D
I bet that if we search a little bit we can find his username here xD

[tm20]

:nlol: that would be cool

[madman]

this is war man.... I think people are going to get pissed off enough that they may start attacking these contractors.