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Steven Donziger: The people of Ecuador just made climate justice history. The world can follow

Voters won a huge battle with the oil industry – proving that we can’t save the planet without robust democracy.

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Opinion: The message from Ecuador is clear -- people will vote to keep oil in the ground

People were overwhelmingly in favour of stopping oil drilling in Yasuní national park. Can this success be replicated elsewhere in the world, asks the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts.

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