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An oil disaster the size of Rhode Island has poisoned Ecuador's Amazon for decades

Deep in the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador lies the "Amazon Chernobyl", a 1,700-square-mile environmental disaster brought on ...
Los Angeles Times

Ecuador’s citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn’t happened

BOGOTA, Colombia — It’s been a year since the people of Ecuador voted to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country’s share of the Amazon, and nothing has been done to start ...
Los Angeles Times

California to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

RICHMOND, Calif. — An oil tanker sat docked at Chevron’s sprawling refinery in Richmond, Calif., on Thursday — a visible link between California’s appetite for Amazon crude and the remote rainforest ...
NPR

In Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, solar-powered boats are a boon for the trees

Shortly after sunrise, the students of Barrio San Luis begin their school run. Around a dozen girls and boys, wearing backpacks and carrying notepads in hand, hop down the muddy river bank and into ...