Friday, August 16, 2013

Ecuador to Open Amazon's Yasuni Basin to Oil Drilling

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa delivers a speech in a national broadcasting conference at Carondelet Palace in Quito August 15, 2013. (Credit: Reuters/Guillermo Granja)
Ecuador will open up part of the Amazon rainforest to oil drilling after rich nations failed to back a conservation plan that would have paid the country not to explore in the area, President Rafael Correa said on Thursday.

Ecuador to Open Amazon's Yasuni Basin to Oil Drilling
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