Ecuadorians vote to halt Amazon oil drilling

Ecuadorians vote to halt Amazon oil drilling

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Ecuadorians voted overwhelmingly to halt the development of new oil wells in the Yasuní National Park in the Amazon, one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Almost 60% of voters favored closing the oil field run by Petroecuador, the state-owned oil company. In a separate referendum,…

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