Peru: Oil Giant ConocoPhillips ‘Pulls Out’ Of Controversial Amazon Project

Peru: Oil Giant ConocoPhillips ‘Pulls Out’ Of Controversial Amazon Project   US oil giant ConocoPhillips has reportedly announced it is pulling out of the controversial oil block 39 in the northern Peruvian Amazon.   The decision comes after global outrage over the risk oil companies pose to the lives of two uncontacted tribes living in the area.   More than 50 international NGOs signed Survival’s letter last year asking oil companies Repsol, Perenco and ConocoPhillips to withdraw immediately...

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