{
  "id": 13831497,
  "title": "Damming the Xingu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/damming-the-xingu",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-12T00:23:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/specials/2026/10/damming-the-xingu/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the Brazilian Amazon marks 10 years of operation, it faces a contentious environmental license renewal. At the heart of the debate are urgent calls to revise the dam’s discharge into the Xingu River. But by holding back up to 70% of the river flow, water scarcity is pushing […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}