Oil spills increase in Venezuela as it revs up output after the U.S. lifted sanctions
Oil spills increase in Venezuela as it revs up output after the U.S. lifted sanctions Enlarge this image toggle caption John Otis for NPR John Otis for NPR LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela — On the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, workers use rakes and shovels to pull blobs of congealed oil out of the water, but the black goo sticks to everything — fishing nets, boats, outboard motors and even a calf that's wondering around the beach. But according to a report published in January by the independent Observatory of Political Ecology of Venezuela, there were at least 86 oil spills and natural gas leaks in Venezuela last year, up from 77 in 2021 Sponsor Message "The facilities that are in the hands of PDVSA are in terrible, terrible shape," says Francisco Monaldi, who directs the Latin America Energy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston. Enlarge this image toggle caption John Otis for NPR John Otis for NPR "Every single day we have an oil spill. toggle caption John Otis for NPR "I have received denunciations of oil spills and how they affect fishing communities," Maduro said in a speech.
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