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BP oil giant vs. Colombian farmers
Oil giant BP is being sued in the High Court by 95 Colombian peasant farmers, who claim the construction of an 830km pipeline has destroyed crops and water supplies, rendering the land unsuitable for the subsistence farming upon which they and their families depend.
The company refutes liability for long-term environmental damage, blaming deforestation and cattle grazing for soil erosion and dismissing claims of widespread environmental damage as “significantly inflated".
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