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Ecuador rejects petition to stop oil drilling in Yasuni national park

2014-05-08 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Nearly two thirds of the signatures on a national petition to stop oil being exploited on a large scale in one of the most biodiverse parts of the Amazon rainforest have been rejected, leading to demonstations across Ecuador and accusations of bias and manipulation. Objectors to oil exploitation in the Yasuni national park in the east of the Ecuador were required to collect 583,323 signatures, or 5% of the electoral roll, to trigger a national referendum on wherther oil companies should be allowed...

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