Injustiças da sustentabilidade: Conflitos ambientais relacionados à produção de energia “limpa” no Brasil

This paper discusses the contradictions in the implementation of “clean energy” projects, regarding four cases in the Brazilian context: agrofuels via sugarcane; hydroelectric power plants; wind farms; and, finally, nuclear power. All generate lots of social, environmental and health impacts which frame what we call provocatively the “injustices of sustainability”. We consider that environmental conflicts related to these projects are inevitable in market societies, where the hegemonic view of economic development assumed by corporations and often government agencies is challenged by affected populations and social movements. Therefore, we believe that it is strategic to recognize environmental injustices as a way of interconnecting the material bases of sustainability with economic, social, cultural and philosophical issues related to the notion of progress.

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