Protected parks in peril as Republic of Congo ramps up oil drilling

Protected parks in peril as Republic of Congo ramps up oil drilling

The Republic of Congo’s recently announced plans to double oil production over the next three years puts it “fatally at odds” with its own stated goals for a clean energy transition, activists warn. The country currently produces 270,000 barrels of oil a day, but Bruno Jean Richard Itoua, the minister of hydrocarbons, said at an energy and investment forum in Brazzaville in March that he wants to see this grow to 500,000 barrels daily. This incr…