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Article

4 Dec 2002

Author:
Missy Ryan, Reuters

Peru's Camisea - Economic boon or environmental bane?

For Peru's government, the Camisea natural gas project brings hope of economic growth and freedom from costly energy imports. But to environmentalists, the $2 billion project sounds a death knell for one of the world's last pristine jungles and the indigenous groups who live there. [refers to Pluspetrol, Hunt Oil, Techint, Tractebel (part of Suez)]