Investigative fracking operations in Colombia can go ahead after a court in the Andean country's Santander province on Thursday reversed a lower court's decision to block two pilot projects.
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comIn late April, a judge in the city of Barrancabermeja suspended an environmental license for the Kale pilot project, ruling that a local Afro-Colombian group, the Afrowilches, had not been properly consulted.That ruling ordered that a prior consultation for Afrowilches for both the Kale and Platero project areas be carried out.
"The ruling dated April 21, 2022 by the First Administrative Court of Barrancabermeja is hereby revoked and the request for legal protection is ruled inadmissible," the higher Administrative Court of Santander said in a statement.Ecopetrol was not immediately available to comment on the ruling. The Colombia Free from Fracking Alliance said it regretted the latest decision and would appeal to a higher court.
"We'll request a review of the court's decision by the Constitutional Court, considering that disregards the precedent of prior consultation and violates the rights of the Afro-Colombian communities of Puerto Wilches," the group said.Reporting by Oliver Griffin and Luis Jaime Acosta; Editing by Bradley PerrettSubscribe to our sustainability newsletter to make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments.
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