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Hunting Resources in Peru

Wall Street Journal | A Hunt Oil Co.-led gas project could start Peru long-overdue exploitation of its natural resources, and boost its battered economy.

FINANCE: Prickly Peru Gas Project Gets Key Loan

IPS-Inter Press Service | WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (IPS) - The Inter-American Development Bank approved key financing Wednesday for a Peruvian bid to become an exporter of gas, over the objections of environmentalists and indigenous people's advocates.The IDB cleared a 400-million-dollar loan to build a pipeline for natural gas from Peru's Camisea fi

Court Expert’s Office Burglarized During Calculation of Damages Against Chevron Spotlight on Chevron as Official Warns His Life is in Danger

San Francisco – The office of a court-appointed expert tasked with calculating the damages against Chevron (formerly Texaco) for dumping 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the Ecuadorian Amazon has been robbed of information relating to the case.On the night of December 13-14, a laptop computer and files wen

Piden a organismos multilaterales que aplacen decision sobre Camisea

EFE | Una delegación peruana que se opone al proyecto de gas de Camisea pidió hoy en Washington a los organismos multilaterales que estudian dar préstamos que aplacen su decisión hasta evaluar los posibles daños ambientales y sociales de la obra.El denominado proyecto Camisea II prevé la construcción de una planta de

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Pablo Fajardo Wins CNN Hero Award

San Francisco – Pablo Fajardo, the lead lawyer for the 30,000 plaintiffs in the landmark environmental lawsuit against Chevron (formerly Texaco) in Ecuador has won the CNN Hero award, in the Fighting for Justice category.Fajardo was chosen from more than 7,000 nominations from 93 countries submitted by viewers to CNN

Environmentalists go to court to suspend the auction of Rio Madeira Dam Project

São Paulo and BrasíliaThe NGO Friends of the Earth - Brazilian Amazon filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday (Dec. 5th) in the Federal Courts, requesting the suspension of the Santo Antônio Hydro Power Plant auction, in the Madeira River (state of Rondônia, in the Amazon), scheduled for December 10th .

Global Warming Puts Amazon at Risk

AP | BALI, Indonesia (AP) – The impact of climate change plus deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60 percent of the Amazon forest by 2030 – making it impossible to keep global temperatures from reaching catastrophic levels, an environmental group said Thursday.Several recent studies have s

Daryl Hannah: Hollywood’s full-on green guerrilla

Guerrilla Gardeners | The actress Daryl Hannah has always been an oddball. As a child, she thought she had Asperger’s. She hates publicity and once had to be tranquillised to attend the Oscars. Unlike most celebrities, the beautiful co-star of the Kill Bill movies doesn’t just talk about caring for the environment.

U’wa Communique: Ecocide, Genocide, or Sustainable Development?

U’wa Territory – 27 November 2007Esteemed Friends from Europe, United States, Central America, South America, and the worldWe, the U’wa, are writing you now looking to reinforce our international relationships given that you all have been and will continue to be a great encouragement in our process of cult

Exigen desde AIDESEP: Debe excluirse los territorios de los pueblos en aislamiento voluntario de los contratos de licencia de hidrocarburos

* Lotes 135, 137, 138 y 142, cuyos contratos fueron suscritos hoy, se superponen a la Reserva Territorial Isconahua y a las propuestas de Reserva Territorial Yavarí Tapiche y Yavarí Mirim.La Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP) exigió públicamente al Estado peruano que excluya los te

Indigenous Group Sues Chevron For Defamation Over Bogus Military Report Alleges Chevron Gave Ecuadorian Army False Information to Halt Environmental Trial

Lago Agrio, Ecuador – Members of the indigenous Cofan people of the Ecuadorian Amazon filed a lawsuit yesterday against Chevron for allegedly pressuring a member of the Ecuadorian military to produce an intelligence report that defamed their reputation and caused the suspension of a critical field inspection in a larg

U'wa Defense Project Fall 2007 Newsletter

The threat against U’wa self-determination is rapidly reaching a crisis point. Colombia’s state oil company, Ecopetrol, stepped in when U.S.-based Occidental Petroleum announced in 2002 that they had abandoned their efforts to drill on U’wa territory... DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE NEWSLETTER BELOW.

Trade Fight: Edwards is Right, Obama's Wrong, Clinton's Useless

The Nation | The Peru Free Trade Agreement fight that is coming to a head in Congress pits George Bush and Nancy Pelosi against the workers of the United States and Peru.As such, it is a test of whether Democrats are satisfied with Pelosi's compromises – on the war, presidential accountability and domestic policies –

Director Pulls Documentary From Artivist Film Fest Over Controversial Oil Company Sponsorship: Celebrities, NGOs Support Pull Out World Premiere Of ‘Justicia Now’ Saturday November 10th Moves to Raleigh Studios

Appearances by DARYL HANNAH, STUART TOWNSEND: Introduction by Q'ORIANKA KILCHERInterviews Available: Directors Martin O’Brien & Robbie Proctor, Daryl Hannah and Q’Orianka KilcherLos Angeles, California – Celebrity activists Q’Orianka Kilcher and Daryl Hannah and other industry luminaries will team up th

Indígenas Huaroani piden explicaciones sobre la entrega de la licencia a Petrobras

EFE | Quito, 31 oct- Medio centenar de indígenas de la etnia huaorani, que habitan en el norte de la provincia amazónica de Orellana, solicitaron hoy al Gobierno de Ecuador una explicación sobre la entrega de la licencia ambiental a la petrolera brasileña Petrobras, para la explotación de crudo en esa zona.Ese grupo de

Dorissa Accord: A Statement of Progress One Year On

October marked the one-year anniversary of an historic agreement involving the Peruvian government, the Argentine Pluspetrol oil company and the Achuar indigenous people of the northern Peruvian Amazon.

Ecuador clears Petrobras for Block 31 oilfield

Reuters | QUITO - Ecuador has authorized an environmental permit for Brazil's Petrobras to develop the Block 31 oilfield in the Amazon region, which should start production in 2009, President Rafael Correa said on Tuesday.The clearing of the environmental license was the last stage in the project, which is vital for Ecuador to i

Young Hollywood Actress Honored with Environmental Award Brower Youth Award Recognizes Q’orianka Kilcher’s Outstanding Efforts to Protect the Amazon and Work with its Indigenous Peoples

San Francisco, CA— Q’orianka Kilcher, the teenage Hollywood actress who starred opposite Colin Farrell in “The New World,” has been honored with the US’s premier environmental award for young people for her work to save the Amazon rainforest.As the Youth Ambassador of environmental group Amazon Watch, Q’ori

Ecuador to halt oil drilling in pristine forest

Reuters | QUITO - Ecuador said on Tuesday it will not allow oil drilling in a pristine Amazon jungle area inhabited by unique tropical species and Indian tribes hidden from the outside world.The move could hurt the operations of China's Andes Petroleum (0857.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), Spain's Repsol (REP.MC: Quote, Profile,

Top Chevron Executive Steps In to Manage Rapidly Growing Liability In Ecuador Environmental Trial Concern Grows Over Potential $10 Billion Damages Claim and Grievous Harm to Indigenous Groups Ethics Probes In Two Countries Indicate Wider Risks For Chevr

Quito, Ecuador – For the first time in 14 years of litigation over an environmental disaster in the Amazon rainforest, a high-level Chevron executive reporting directly to CEO David O’Reilly has stepped in to contain a rapidly growing liability and manage several related civil and criminal investigations that

Los pueblos indígenas no quieren el TLC

La República | Organizaciones medioambientales apoyan pedido y hacen llamado a demócratas para que tomen conciencia en el tema ambiental.Cuando el acuerdo del TLC que Perú firmó con Estados Unidos se encuentra a un paso de ser ratificado en ese país, líderes ambientales e indígenas peruanos solicitaron que dicho acuerdo comerci