Yesterday, Ecuador voted to halt all future oil drilling in a sensitive protected area known for its fragile rainforest ecosystem and isolated Indigenous communities. Millions of people participated in a nationwide referendum to determine whether crude oil should “remain in the subsoil” indefinitely at a site inside Yasuní National Park in Ecuador’s eastern Amazon. More […]
Climate Week features its first in-person sessions since the start of the pandemic, with indigenous peoples bringing their message and knowledge thousands of miles from the Amazon.