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| Ecuador wants billions to not drill in biosphere reserve | |
| 2009-05-31 | |
President Rafael Correa on Saturday said that he wants the world to pay Ecuador some 5.2 billion dollars in exchange for not drilling for oil in the Yasuni National Park, a UNESCO world biosphere reserve.
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| Posted by:3dc |
| #2 That does explain the current move to get something for nothing, Snowy Thing. The more fools they to ask for funding during the current spot of world wide economic bother. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-05-31 11:09 |
| #1 Well, I was under the impression that Ecuador was kinda sorta hemmoraging oilfield workers right now TW; they did the usual stuff, nationalizing a bunch of companies and nickel-and-diming the ones they didn't. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-05-31 01:38 |