Belo Monte proposes a meager R$ 20,000 in reparations to fishermen in the Xingu
23 Nov 22
NGOs denounce bill 191, which authorizes mining in indigenous lands, at the United Nations
22 Mar 22
Lower House approves urgency regime for bill 191, which authorizes mining in indigenous lands
10 Mar 22
National Electrical Energy Agency extends deadline for studies for construction of three large hydroelectric dams in the Amazon
27 Jan 22
Climate emergency: rains cause deaths and dams are at risk of collapse in Minas Gerais
12 Jan 22
Congress lower house approves bill that leaves riverbanks in urban areas unprotected
8 Dec 21
Illegal gold diggers line 600 mining rafts at Madeira River
24 Nov 21
Drought: waterway is paralyzed in SP; government hires emergency thermoelectric plants until 2025 for R$ 39 billion
11 Nov 21
Congress approves bill that enables the privatization of the national electricity company
22 Jun 21
Ibama caves in to pressure from Belo Monte dam and goes back to liberating minimum flow to the Xingu River
8 Feb 21
Shareholders want to drop environmental agency decision to increase water flow from Belo Monte dam
15 Dec 20
After Belo Monte dam, Xingu River faces historical drought in Altamira (PA)
27 Oct 20