Despite pledge, Colombia still has ways to expand Amazon oil exploration

Mongabay
Aug 29, 2025, 2:50 pm190 ptsTrendingTop
Over the last several years, the Colombian government has taken steps to end oil and gas drilling in the Amazon. It pledged to stop issuing new exploration licenses and signed onto treaties to phase out current production, which has shown some signs of decline. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that oil…

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