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Amazon Disgrace
Peruvian Amazon under threat from oil exploration, illegal logging |
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17 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:11 AM on 17 Mar 2008 There's no better way to start off a Monday than with depressing news from the Peruvian Amazon, which is under threat from both fossil-fuel development and illegal logging. Despite protests from environmental and human rights groups, Peru's government plans to auction off dozens of parcels of remote rainforest for oil and gas companies to explore. And in even more somber news, Per ... |
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| Topics: energy, fossil fuels, habitat loss, insanity, logging, news, Peru, rainforests (all these topics) |
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