Brazilian Federal Judge Halts Building of the World's Largest Dam.
Federal judge, Ronald Desterro, has blocked the building of the Belo Monte dam in the Amazon rainforest; and barred the national development bank, BNDES, from funding the project. Citing environmental concerns, Judge Desterro said the project has not met the environmental requirements to build the dam.
A staggering 11,000-megawatts, the highly controversial Belo Monte dam would be the largest hydro-electric dam in the world. If built, environmentalists say the 6km (3.7 miles) dam will threaten the survival of a number of indigenous groups and could make some 50,000 people homeless, as 500 sq km (190 sq miles) of land would be flooded.
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