Brazil mudslide victims left to fend for themselves
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110116/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_flood_deaths
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Brazil needs to stop building dams and deforesting the land that protects it from these kinds of more violent storms. The deforestation alone emits CO2 into the atmosphere that exacerbates the effects of climate change along with making the land vulnerable to storms and mudslides. It is the government in league with the World Bank that is also culpable because dam building is becoming an epidemic. The people of these areas now need help. They need food, water, shelter, and medical care. It is sickening that governments always seem to have money when it comes to dealing with the World Bank and others in taking the land from the people, but they never have enough resources to help those who their actions have now affected.
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Brazil needs to stop building dams and deforesting the land that protects it from these kinds of more violent storms. The deforestation alone emits CO2 into the atmosphere that exacerbates the effects of climate change along with making the land vulnerable to storms and mudslides. It is the government in league with the World Bank that is also culpable because dam building is becoming an epidemic. The people of these areas now need help. They need food, water, shelter, and medical care. It is sickening that governments always seem to have money when it comes to dealing with the World Bank and others in taking the land from the people, but they never have enough resources to help those who their actions have now affected.
Edit: Since posting this the title of the article changed.
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http://www.internationalrivers.org/en/greenwashing-hydropower
Greenwashing hydropower.
It may be time to look at its residual effects.
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