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Hydropower in Authoritarian Brazil: An Environmental History of Low-Carbon Energy, 1960s–90s (Studies in Environment and History)

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Language
English
Publishers
Cambridge University Press (27 Jun. 2024)
Weight
0.65 KG
Publication Date
27/06/2024
ISBN-10
1009428691
Pages
330 pages
ISBN-13
9781009428699
Dimensions
15.24 x 2.24 x 22.86 cm
SKU
9781009428699
Author Name
Matthew P. Johnson (Author)
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During the later twentieth century, Brazil's right-wing military dictatorship built a vast network of hydropower dams that became one of the world's biggest low-carbon electricity grids. Weighed against these carbon savings, what were the costs? Johnson unpacks the social and environmental implications of this project, from the displacement of Indigenous and farming communities to the destruction of Amazonian biodiversity.

Drawing on rich archival material from forty sites across Brazil, Paraguay, and the United States, including rarely accessed personal collections, Johnson explores the story of the military officers and engineers who created the dams and the protestors who fought them. Brazilian examples are analyzed within their global context, highlighting national issues with broad consequences for both social and environmental justice.

In our race to halt global warming, it is vital that we learn from past experiences and draw clear distinctions between true environmentalism and greenwashed political expedience. .

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