Brazil Moves To Prevent 'Massacre' of Amazon Tribe by Drug Gangs
"Brazilian indigenous protection officers to make emergency visit to isolated community facing threat from heavily armed gangs."
Source: Guardian, 08/10/2011
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Environmental Health Perspectives
EHP is a world-renowned, peer-reviewed research journal with a news section. It's published monthly by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, with select translations for subscribers in China, Brazil, Mexico and Chile.
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"Chile Volcano Erupts, Spews Towering Ash Column"
"A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching an ash cloud more than 6 miles high that blew over the Andes and carpeted a popular ski resort in neighboring Argentina."
Source: Reuters, 06/06/2011
"Brazil Approves Massive Amazon Dam For Construction"
"Brazil's environment agency gave its definitive approval on Wednesday for construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial $17 billion project in the Amazon that has drawn criticism from native Indians and conservationists."
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2011
"Third Environmental Activist Murdered This Week in Brazil"
In Brazil, the third activist leader in a week opposing destruction of the Amazon rain forest was murdered.
Source: Huffington Post, 05/30/2011
"Amazon Rainforest Activist Shot Dead"
"José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection."
Source: Guardian, 05/25/2011
"Amazon Rainforest Brown After Severe 2010 Drought"
"Last year's record-breaking drought across the Amazon Basin has turned nearly a million square miles of green rainforest to brown, finds a new mapping study based on NASA satellite data."
Source: ENS, 04/01/2011
"Heat Damages Colombia Coffee, Raising Prices"
Coffee yields from Columbia are declining and prices are rising, because of warmer, wetter weather. Many scientists think global warming is responsible.
Source: NY Times, 03/10/2011
"Amazon Drought Threatens To Speed Warming"
"Scientists fear billions of tree deaths in the Amazon caused by drought could turn the forest from a carbon sink to a carbon source."
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 02/04/2011
"Brazil Approves Building Of $17 Billion Amazon Power Dam"
"Brazil's environment agency approved on Wednesday the start-up of the Belo Monte power dam, a controversial $17 billion project in the Amazon that has drawn criticism from native Indians and conservationists."
Source: Reuters, 01/28/2011
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