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Environmentalists demand approval of a law that prohibits the exploitation of gas and oil

In order to generate pressure for the approval of the law that would prohibit the exploitation and exploration of gas and oil, various groups of environmentalists and artists will march towards the Legislative Assembly this Thursday.

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The movement # CRLibredePerforación will intervene in San José to ask Congress to return the project in question to the Environment Commission, where the necessary corrections would be made to the plan and from there, return to the plenary for voting in the first debate.

And it is that at the moment, the power that Recope would have to investigate and develop new energy sources has the project stopped.

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This, because there would be an increase in the cost of gasoline to finance the new work of Recope.

“This Thursday, August 5, members of the” Costa Rica Free of Perforation “initiative will carry out an artistic intervention and a citizen mobilization in different parts of downtown San José to draw the attention of the population and the Legislative Assembly on the importance of declare Costa Rica as a territory free of exploration for natural gas and oil, ”said a statement sent by the group.

The activity will start at 9:00 am

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