Esmeraldas oil spill in Ecuador devastates rivers and wildlife refuge
Published on: Tuesday 18 March 2025
A massive oil spill in Ecuador, in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, has covered multiple rivers and a key wildlife refuge in thick, black sludge, impacting more than half a million residents. A rupture appeared in a 500-kilometer (310-mile) pipeline operated by the state-owned oil company Petroecuador on Mar. 13, according to a statement by the […]
News source: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/oil-spill-in-ecuador-devastates-rivers-and-wildlife-refuge/
