Venezuela: America's Oil Pump.(Brief Article)

From: Earth Island Journal | Date: March 22, 2000 | Copyright information

VENEZUELA -- Members of the Orinoco Oil Watch (OOW) have written to the White House asking President Clinton how he can square his promises to reduce US emissions of planet-warming industrial gases with his support for multinational oil companies.

"With the active support of the US government, we are being invaded by an avalanche of oil companies from your country," OOW declared. Under the so-called "Oil Opening" plan, Venezuela must double its oil production to 6,000,000 barrels a day within ten years, thereby becoming the US' main source of oil.

"Lake Maracaibo, once ...

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