Brazil has the potential to generate 50 ... suspended the building of a large dam on the Tapajós River – São Luiz do Tapajós – which would have flooded part of the Munduruku indigenous ...

Brazil's environment agency gave its definitive ... issued licenses to the consortium in charge of Belo Monte to build the massive dam on the Xingu River, a tributary to the Amazon.

A dam at the mine where many in Córrego do ... The trail of destruction along the Doce river became Brazil's worst environmental disaster and, up until today, no-one has been convicted in the ...

Dozens of people died and hundreds are still missing after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in Brazil. The rupture ... dredging a section of the nearby river and constructing barriers to ...

Brazil storms have sparked floods and caused a hydroelectric dam to collapse ... raising the level of water in the Taquari river. The downpour started on Monday and was expected to last through ...

China has given the green light for the construction of the world’s largest dam, set to be the most significant infrastructure project on the planet. The dam will be built on the Brahmaputra River in ...

ITABUNA, Brazil--Two dams gave way in the northeastern Brazilian ... The Igua dam, on the Verruga river near the city of Vitoria da Conquista in southern Bahia, collapsed on Saturday night ...

Brazil stringer photographer Leo Correa for a compelling story and photos on a mother desperate to find her son after the Vale mining dam collapse killed more than 100, with many still missing. In the ...

A dam burst at a mine co-owned by Vale and BHP Billiton in southeastern Brazil on Thursday, submerging nearby homes and vehicles. Photo: Record TV ...

(Horses remain next to a car after a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues, in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on November 6, 2015. Photo credit: CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images ...