Remember this photo and this paragraph?
The chief Raoni cries when he learns that Brazilian president Dilma released the beginning of construction of the hydroelectric plant of Belo Monte, even after tens of thousands of letters and emails addressed to her and which were ignored as the more than 600 000 signatures. That is, the death sentence of the peoples of Great Bend of the Xingu river is enacted. Belo Monte will inundate at least 400,000 hectares of forest, an area bigger than the Panama Canal, thus expelling 40,000 indigenous and local populations and destroying habitat valuable for many species - all to produce electricity at a high social, economic and environmental cost, which could easily be generated with greater investments in energy efficiency. We do not need to destroy our world, and our fellow people on this earth to live richly.
Well — take a look —
A judge has ordered an immediate halt to construction of the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil’s Amazon region.
Federal Judge Carlos Eduardo Castro Martins prohibited main contractor Consorcio Norte Energia S.A. from carrying out any work that would interfere with the flow of the Xingu River, the state-run Agencia Brasil news agency reported.
… The judge said, however, that another project to build temporary living facilities for workers may proceed.
The other crazy thing about this? Brazil is pretty much energy-independent.
