OLIVER HAYNES
Shifting to the right is wrong for Europe
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Joy and hope are all too rarely associated with the environmental movement, but both have been in abundant supply since Ecuador voted last month to keep its oil in the subsoil of the Yasuní national park. The question now is whether this is a one-off triumph, or something that can be replicated in other countries.
The referendum result obliges the state oil company to dismantle operations – 12 drilling platforms and 225 wells that produce up to 57,000 barrels a day –
