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Indigenous Women in Peru Seek to Turn the Tables on Big Oil, Asserting ‘Rights of Nature’ to Fight Epic Spills

Their lawsuit demands protection for the Marañón River from Lot1AB, an oilfield carved into the Amazon Rainforest with nearly 2,000 contaminated sites.

By Katie Surma

Aerial scenes from the Northern Amazon from the town of Iqitos to the Amazon oil town of Trompederos, Peru, June 11, 2007. Credit: Brent Stirton/Getty Images
Siphon pipes lead up the mountain to Laguna Palcacocha, a swollen glacial lake in the Andes mountain range in the Ancash Region of Peru on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The siphons were installed to reduce the volume of the lake and to try and prevent a dam rupture but were damaged in the recent icefall an only two still work. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

For a City Staring Down the Barrel of a Climate-Driven Flood, A New Study Could be the Smoking Gun

By Bob Berwyn

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