Activists Gather for Chevron Shareholders Meeting

"Now that the ruling (in Ecuador) is final and enforceable...Chevron can not continue to delay, delay, delay."

May 29, 2012 | San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco, CA – For many Chevron investors, today's annual shareholders meeting represents a chance to hear top management extol their company's profits and plans. For activists drawn to the meeting from around the world, it's a chance to confront a company they say has poisoned their land, water and air.More »

Controversial Forest Code Vetoed in Brazil

President rejects parts of bill regulating how much land farmers in Amazon and threatened areas must preserve as forest

May 26, 2012 | Al Jazeera

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has rejected divisive elements of a new law that would have relaxed the forest cover farmers must preserve on their land.More »

Rousseff Under Pressure to Veto Brazil's New Forest Code

May 25, 2012 | AFP

Brasilia, Brazil – Activists on Thursday said they handed Brazil's president a petition with nearly two million signatures urging her to veto a new forestry code that could result in increased Amazon rainforest deforestation.More »

If President Rousseff Passes the Forest Code, It Won't Be Only Brazil that Suffers

Brazil has a proud record of protecting the environment, but a bill allowing deforestation would undermine the Rio+20 summit

May 24, 2012 | The Guardian

Never before has the survival of so much rainforest depended on one person. But that is where President Rousseff of Brazil finds herself. The Brazilian congress just passed a forest code that puts the Amazon and other forests in jeopardy.More »

Belo Monte Dam Hit by Friendly Fire

May 22, 2012 | IPS

São Paulo, Brazil –Those who made the final decision on the design of Brazil's Belo Monte hydroelectric dam will face legal action in the future for the damages caused. This is the kind of warning one would expect from environmentalists, but in this case it comes from a surprising quarter: staunch supporters of hydropower.More »

The Age of Extreme Oil: "This Used to Be a Forest?"

The region now resembles the Sahara – fine sand left behind by evaporated tailings ponds stretching into a treeless horizon.

May 19, 2012 | The Globe and Mail

"All human technology fails," said Ampush Ayui Chayat, an Achuar delegate from Perú. "Talisman has insisted their new technology will change everything. But if this is how Canadians let oil companies operate in their own land, how can we trust them in ours?"More »

Humala Takes Off His Gloves

Spring 2012 | NACLA

The Peruvian right is celebrating Humala's betrayal of his electoral promises, while the popular organizations that helped bring Humala to power continue to mobilize against Peru's neoliberal economic model.More »

Brazil's President Faces Defining Decision Over Forest Bill

May 16, 2012 | The New York Times

Rio de Janeiro – President Dilma Rousseff is facing one of the defining moments of her presidency as pressure builds on her to veto a bill that would open vast protected areas of forests to ranching and farming, potentially reversing Brazil's major gains in slowing Amazon deforestation.More »

Dam Project Threatens a Way of Life in Peru

May 15, 2012 | The New York Times

Boca Sanibeni, Peru – With encroachment from settlers and speculators, and after a devastating war against Shining Path rebels a decade ago, the indigenous Ashaninkas' hold is precarious. And they are now facing a new peril, the proposed 2,200-megawatt Pakitzapango hydroelectric dam, which would flood much of the Ene River valley.More »

Talisman Energy Stirs Resistance

Indigenous Peruvians accuse company of creating tension for access to jungle

May 10, 2011 | Fast Forward Weekly

"This is the fourth time a commission of Achuar leaders are coming here to Calgary to speak about the same thing. The Achuar people affiliated with FENAP are reclaiming their territorial rights. There is no space for Talisman Energy to enter."More »