Experts raise concerns as government announces plans to go against international agreement: 'Fatally at odds'

Experts raise concerns as government announces plans to go against international agreement: 'Fatally at odds'

The Republic of Congo is set to nearly double its oil production over the next three years despite a previous agreement to step back from fossil fuels. What's happening? Minister of Hydrocarbons Bruno Jean Richard Itoua said in March that the country would like to reach 500,000 barrels per day, up from 270,000, Mongabay reported. That will mean opening Conkouati-Douli National Park and other nature reserves to drilling. Chinese and French oil co…