Damaged Peru pipeline leaks 3,000 barrels of oil into Amazon region
by Reuters from Environment | The Guardian on (#14V0E)
Jungle covered in black sludge after a landslide caused the country's main oil pipeline to rupture, polluting rivers relied on by eight native communities
Ruptures in Peru's main oil pipeline have spilled 3,000 barrels of crude into the Amazon region, polluting two rivers that native villages rely on for water.
National environmental regulator OEFA said the oil from the broken pipeline has poured into the Chiriaco and Morona rivers in northwestern Peru.
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