Despite pledge, Colombia still has ways to expand Amazon oil exploration

Despite pledge, Colombia still has ways to expand Amazon oil exploration

Over the last several years, the Colombian government has taken steps to end oil and gas drilling in the Amazon. It pledged to stop issuing new exploration licenses and signed onto treaties to phase out current production, which has shown some signs of decline. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that oil drilling will stop altogether, critics say. Active oil blocks can continue to operate, and inactive blocks without contracts remain legally avai…