With no oil cleanup in sight, Amazon tribes harvest rain for clean water

LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador — Nemonte Nenquimo covers her face and squeezes her eyes shut as a pungent whiff of petroleum hits. She’s digging with a pole into an unmarked lagoon of sticky crude in the middle of the jungle. A lifetime in Ecuador’s most pristine rainforest has left her ill-prepared for the harsh odor to … Continue reading With no oil cleanup in sight, Amazon tribes harvest rain for clean water