California is the world’s number one importer of Amazonian oil, report finds

Mongabay
Dec 23, 2021, 3:33 pm246 pts
California is the world’s largest driver of oil exports in the Amazon, researchers of two environmental NGOs, Stand.Earth and Amazon Watch have found. By tracking crude oil exports from four Amazonian countries, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Brazil, into the global market, they identified that the majority of…

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