World & BusinessHopes and spill fears surrounding the oil hunt in Brazil’s Amazon
The Economic Times reports that Indigenous chief Wagner Karipuna worries tides could carry an offshore oil spill into the river beside his village.
TLDR
The Economic Times describes hopes and fears surrounding the search for oil in Brazil’s Amazon. Indigenous chief Wagner Karipuna fears an “immense disaster” if tides carry oil from an offshore leak into the Curipi River, which runs alongside his village of 1,800 inhabitants.
Hopes and spill fears surrounding the oil hunt in Brazil’s Amazon
The Economic Times reports that Indigenous chief Wagner Karipuna worries tides could carry an offshore oil spill into the river beside his village.
TLDR
The Economic Times describes hopes and fears surrounding the search for oil in Brazil’s Amazon. Indigenous chief Wagner Karipuna fears an “immense disaster” if tides carry oil from an offshore leak into the Curipi River, which runs alongside his village of 1,800 inhabitants.