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Canadian Oil Pipeline Plan Meets Resistance
National Public Radio: The Canadian oil company TransCanada plans to expand a pipeline to transport crude oil from Alberta to Texas through the central U.S. The proposal has sparked debate on both sides of the border about energy security, the environment and safety. Continue reading
Dam at heart of Amazon rain forest approved
WalesOnline: The massive Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rain forest won approval from Brazil`s environmental protection agency, clearing the way for construction of a project fiercely opposed by environmentalists, indigenous activists and celebrities including film director James Cameron and rock star Sting. The dam would be the world`s third largest, behind China`s Three Gorges dam and the Itaipu, which straddles the border of Brazil and Paraguay. Continue reading
Saving crticial wilderness areas in Rwanda’s forests
Rainforest News: The landscape around Gisenyi in western Rwanda, on the border to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is breathtakingly beautiful. Mount Nyiragongo towers majestically over the city, which is contiguous with the city of Goma across the border in DRC Continue reading
