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Block 1ab in Northern Peru

What: Toxic Oil Contamination

Where: Rio Corrientes, Peruvian Amazon

Thirty years of oil production in Block 1AB in the northern Peruvian Amazon has poisoned local indigenous communities and their ancestral lands.[more >>]

 
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Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza, two leaders in the 30,000 plaintiffs in the landmark environmental lawsuit against Chevron (formerly Texaco) in Ecuador have won the Goldman Award, the Nobel of the Environment.
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Press Releases

Dec 08, 2008 -- Shareholders, Wall Street Concerned Over Chevron’s $27 Billion Environmental Liability in Ecuador ...
Latest In Long Series of Setbacks for Oil Giant
Dec 01, 2008 -- Chevron's $27 Billion Liability in Ecuador's Amazon Confirmed by Team of Independent Scientists ...
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Nov 17, 2008 -- Colombia's U'wa People Call for Cancellation of Ecopetrol's Oil Project JP Morgan Chase Urged to ...
Oct 21, 2008 -- Indigenous organizations announce measures if Talisman oil company does not abandon Block 64...
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Dec 18, 2008 -- Peruvians oppose Talisman exploration Indigenous groups in conflict with Calgary corporation...
Dec 02, 2008 -- Indígenas representantes de comunidad U'wa pidieron en Nueva York veto a Ecopetrol...
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Nov 18, 2008 -- Amazon In Focus...
Nov 06, 2008 -- Talisman Urged to Abandon Controversial Oil Project in the Peruvian Amazon...
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