Amazon dams get go-ahead
471307
Brazil gives an initial green light to the construction of two hydro-electric dams on the Amazon River.
468281
By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 24--LOWER ARKANSAS Valley Water Conservancy District officials are on the right track, demonstrating leadership and independence in their quest to protect the region's rural water supplies from being lost to the urban Front Range.
326053
A new generation of nuclear power stations is expected to get the formal go-ahead from the government later.
728689
By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 9--A tributary to two major Arizona waterways will be protected from development and groundwater pumping because a Tucsonan donated a major ranch to The Nature Conservancy.
436571
A proposal to build a hydroelectric dam on a river with diverse fish stocks has set off a controversy.
363033
The financial risk of applying for Waitaki River water has been lessened for two major proposals.   Meridian Energy's hydro tunnel and the Hunter Downs Irrigation Scheme can apply for water separately from the other consents they need for their projects.
614023
By Staff Reports  Members of Brazils Kayapo tribe attend a ceremony Wednesday at the Federation of the Industries of the State of Sao Paulo, where they received the SmartWood certificate for management of 3.7 million acres of Amazon rain forest.  (c) 2006 Tulsa World.
651376
BRASILIA, Jan. 24 -- Brazil said Thursday that it would send additional federal police and environmental agents to the Amazon following an announcement that illegal clearing of the rain forest had jumped dramatically last year.
751166
Latin America's largest country will start building 15 new hydroelectric power plants this year, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday.
348472
Four jets of water shot out of Glen Canyon Dam on Sunday, starting an artificial flood for science on the Colorado River. Federal resource managers planned
393821
The dam's governing authority is getting ready to decide what to do if there's not enough water for the future.Photos: Losing water at Hoover Dam
723516
Panacos, Acadia and Encysive are ready to go.
422065
By Ripley, Richard  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hold two sessions on Thursday, Feb. 8, to receive public comments on Avista Corp.'s applications to relicense its five Spokane River dams.  Both sessions, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 6 p.m.
248223
Networking project in the Amazon turns up unknown amphibian, proving Negroponte right in more ways than one.
706052
The Christian Science Monitor - Out at the Wanapum Dam on the Columbia River, a new turbine is being tested that generates more electricity, but won't kill so many fish - thanks to research dollars from Uncle Sam.
329893
By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  May 30--The Army Corps of Engineers is poised to cede part of its authority for regulating wetlands to the state -- a move intended to speed permits for small developments and road projects, especially in wetlands-rich Hampton Roads.
600824
Yahoo revealed plans on Monday to be "carbon neutral" by year's end by backing hydropower in rural Brazil and wind power in India.