Colombia’s biggest oil firm secretly seeps oil into neighbouring wetlands

Colombia’s biggest oil firm secretly seeps oil into neighbouring wetlands

What’s going on here? An investigation from the Environmental Investigation Agency has revealed that Colombia’s biggest oil firm, Ecopetrol, has been polluting the environment whilst deceiving communities and authorities about its environmental track record. The Iguana Papers, a collection of leaked documents from a former employee, document the breadth the Colombian oil giant went to hide its environmental and social degradation, putting profit…