The head of Peru’s Ministry of the Environment, Pulgar-Vidal, reveals that the oil spill of June 24 in Loreto was from a pipe that was pumping oil despite the fact that there was a ban.
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Peruvian oil company confirms a new oil spill in Loreto
Petroperú confirms that there is a new oil spill in Loreto, making it the third major oil spill by Petroperú this year.
Health officials in Peru: oil spill cleanup workers face ‘poisoning and burns’
Workers trying to clean up the oil spill of June 25 in Loreto lacked the equipment to clean up safely. The oil spill threatens the vulnerable community of Barranca which lacks safe drinking water and electricity.
Peru: Oil Spill in the Amazon puts communities at risk
A new oil spill raised fears of a deterioration water pollution and fish on which depend indigenous peoples and coastal communities.
Peru: The brazen serpent that is poisoning the Amazon
Recent report finds pollution levels caused by oil spills in the northeastern Amazon region of Peru: has been found mercury and cadmium in the blood and urine of people of Cuninico and San Pedro (Loreto)
Improvised emergency: pollution in the Peruvian Amazon
Evidence of mercury pollution in Madre de Dios and its impact on health abound from years ago but on the verge of knowing the new President of Peru, emergency was declared in the Amazon region.
Ecuador will explore oil in Tiputini field, in the Yasuni ITT block, in July
Tiputini, which is outside the Yasuni, includes in the ITT block about 920 million barrels of oil, 20% of Ecuador’s reserves.
Native communities reach agreement with oil company after release of detaineds
The agreements include the toxicological evaluation of Belén de Plantanoyacu and Sion communities, in the Corrientes River, Loreto region.
Colombia: “Oil and mining have no place in La Macarena”
The director of Amazon Institute of Scientific Studies Sinchi speaks of the management plan for La Macarena, which sought to prevent the deterioration of the area and show the effects of mining.
Unpunished Excesses: Follow the environmental trail of extractive industries in Peru
“Unpunished Excesses” is an investigative series developed by Convoca from the construction and analysis of the first database on the environmental obligations of the large mining and oil industry.