Fueling U.S. Truck Fleets Is Destroying the Amazon
Posted by News Editor in Energy, Latest News, RSS, Transport on October 28, 2016 2:58 pm
OAKLAND, California, October 28, 2016 (ENS) – U.S. imports of crude oil from South America’s Amazon rainforest are driving the expansion of oil operations into some of the most pristine regions, devastating unique biodiversity and indigenous peoples, poisoning U.S. refinery communities, and changing the global climate, finds a new report by the nonprofit Amazon Watch.
Titled “From Well to Wheel: The Social, Environmental and Climate Costs of Amazon Crude,” the report reveals for the first time oil’s damaging impacts on both North and South America.
In tandem with this report, Amazon Watch has launched a new campaign, “End Amazon Crude.” The group is calling on U.S.-based refineries to stop processing oil from the Amazon, and calling on some of the largest U.S. companies to stop creating demand for Amazon crude.
While overall U.S. crude imports are in decline, U.S. imports of oil from the Amazon have risen in recent years, and the United States now imports more Amazon crude oil than any other country.
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