* Investors see $17 bln dam as risky and too costly * Environmentalists say dam will harm sensitive Amazon * Creating political headache for President Lula By Brian Ellsworth RIO DE JANEIRO, April 15 ...

Amazon dam to have return above 10 pct - Eletrobras Room seen for cutting costs on the project BRASILIA, May 15 (Reuters) - A controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest will bring ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming. The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an ...

The Three Gorges Dam was built on the Yangtze River and is known as the most powerful dam by hydroelectric capacity to date.

The massive Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rain forest won approval from Brazil's environmental protection agency on Wednesday, clearing the way for construction of a project ...

A Brazilian energy company has been donating seed and seedlings to restore the rainforest, which has been hit hard by deforestation, wildfires and climate change.

FILE - Debris is visible after a dam burst at the small town of Bento Rodrigues in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) FILE - Debris is visible after a dam burst at ...

Climate COP30 Indigenous Dam Bursts FILE - Rescue workers search for victims after a dam burst in the town of Bento Rodrigues in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Nov. 8 ...