BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Seven Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Amazon have denounced a government plan to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration, saying it threatens their ancestral lands ...

Brazil’s environment agency, IBAMA, has approved an environmental license for state-owned oil company Petrobras to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River. The license, issued Oct. 20, allows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman pouring olive oil from bottle onto cheese on a plate - Azmanl/Getty Images There is no denying that Amazon is a convenient ...

Two weeks before Brazil hosts the COP30 UN climate summit in Belém this November, widely described by diplomats as the most important since Paris 10 years ago — the Brazilian government approved new ...

Indigenous groups oppose oil extraction due to pollution concerns Petroperu plans to revive Amazon oil output amid financial struggles ONP pipeline faces resistance due to history of leaks SANTA ROSA, ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — The California Senate has unanimously approved a resolution calling for a review of its imports of crude oil from the Amazon rainforest and an eventual phase-out, following years of ...

Ricardo Teixeira has spent the past few weeks freshening up Love Lomas, the “love motel” he owns in the Brazilian port city of Belém. He’s also mulling how to tone down some of the rooms’ more sensual ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Seven Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Amazon have denounced a government plan to offer dozens of blocks of land for oil exploration, saying it threatens their ancestral lands and ...