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BP firm hit by deforestation damage claim |
| Home | (The Observer) - A BP-owned oil company is among 17 international corporations facing demands to pay £385m for ecological damage across a region in Patagonia six times the size of England. The Argentine government claims Pan American Energy, in which BP has 60 per cent control, has increased deforestation by building roads and facilities for 10,000 rigs in the 900,000 sq km area. The wastage is allegedly spreading disease through water contamination. |