Deep in the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador lies the "Amazon Chernobyl", a 1,700-square-mile environmental disaster brought on by oil extraction and production. After a visit to Ecuador in 1993, human ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, where rivers serve as highways and entire communities sit days away from the nearest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you know you can actually swim in the Amazon River? In Ecuador you can! In this video, Travel + Leisure guides you on an ...

Ecuador has abandoned a conservation plan that would have paid the country not to drill for oil in the Amazon rainforest. President Rafael Correa Thursday approved drilling in a part of Yasuni ...

Fracking entails extracting natural gas and petroleum from subterranean bedrock, and is criticized for using industrial quantities of water to break open rocks as well as causing ...

A delegation from Alianza Ceibo, Amazon Frontlines, representatives of other Amazonian nationalities, and activist Jane Fonda, on a tour about the damage caused by oil extraction in the ...

Ecuador starts fracking in the Amazon, calling it a “new horizon” for oil output. The move to tackle energy shortages raises environmental concerns ...

Organized crime in South America is a threat to the Amazon rainforest, according to a report published on Tuesday, as the encroachment of criminal groups into protected areas fuels violence and sets ...

A think tank said organised crime is expanding across the Amazon seeking drug routes and mining areas, leading to devastating ...

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 ...

Read full article: Leon Valley police arrest man in connection with deadly hit-and-run crash; held on $250K bond The latest forecast from Your Weather Authority RICHMOND, Calif. – An oil tanker sat ...