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Aug 30, 2010 -- Sigourney Weaver Narrates New Google Earth Animation on
Brazil's Controversial Belo Monte Dam
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10-minute Tour in 3-D Highlights the Dam's Harmful Impacts on
Xingu River and Greener Alternatives
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| Watch the video and download the tour here
San Francisco, CA – Amazon Watch and International Rivers have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art 10-minute Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by actress Sigourney Weaver, with technical assistance from Google Earth Outreach, in support of Brazil's Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre (Xingu River Forever Alive Movement). The video and to...
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Aug 27, 2010 -- James Cameron and Avatar Cast Shine Spotlight on Real Battles to Defend "Pandoras on Earth"...
"A Message From Pandora" Tells the Story of the Battle to Stop the Belo Monte Dam in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest
Watch a 3-minute Trailer on Avatar'
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| Timed with the re-release of Avatar in theatres today, highly acclaimed director James Cameron has teamed up with Amazon Watch to produce a short feature "A Message from Pandora." The documentary spotlights the battle to stop the massive Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, which thousands of local Indigenous people have vowed to resist, citing its potentially devastat...
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Aug 17, 2010 -- Chevron CEO Watson Embroiled in Spy Scandal to Undermine $27 Billion Ecuador Trial...
Kroll's Sam Anson Identified As Chevron Undercover Operative Running Illicit Program
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| Chevron CEO John Watson is again on the hot seat after the company's growing spy scandal in Ecuador was highlighted on a nationally-syndicated news program only weeks after he ordered that five shareholders arrested at the company's annual meeting for challenging him over the company's Ecuador contamination.
Watson, who has long been accused of having a personal conflict of interest because he ...
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Aug 16, 2010 -- Chevron Submits "Wild" Distortions of Ecuador Video to Federal Court; Conceals Evidence of Own Misconduct...
Violates Federal Court Order By Sending Filings to Media
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| In an explosive legal filing, lawyers for Ecuador's Amazonian communities suing Chevron for environmental damage have submitted evidence that the oil giant is attempting to mislead a U.S. Federal Court with "wild, superficial allegations" based on "snippets" of private video outtakes from Joe Berlinger's award-winning documentary film CRUDE.
Representatives of the 30,000 rainforest res...
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Aug 12, 2010 -- Historic Indigenous Summit Calls for Halting Brazil's Belo Monte Dam...
Hundreds Converge on the Xingu River in Altamira to Highlight Threats from Mega-infrastructure Projects in the Amazon
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| Altamira, Brazil – Hundreds of indigenous leaders from throughout the Brazilian Amazon Basin joined local riverbank dwellers and dam-affected people this week for the historic Terra Livre Regional Encampment. Bearing the message "Defend the Xingu: Stop Belo Monte," participants occupied the riverside port of Altamira, Pará to discuss threats posed by major infrastructure projects in the Ama...
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Aug 11, 2010 -- Chevron Abused Federal Court With "False and Misleading" Use of Ecuador Footage, Says Filmmaker...
Director Berlinger Provides Evidence That Chevron Violated Court Order
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| New York, NY – Chevron is facing blistering criticism from Joe Berlinger, the award-winning filmmaker of the documentary CRUDE, for violating a court order and making "false and misleading" statements about film outtakes shot by Mr. Berlinger, according to legal papers filed by Berlinger's lawyers before a New York federal judge.
Berlinger had turned over hundreds of hours of outtakes ...
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Aug 10, 2010 -- Indigenous and Social Leaders Gather in Defense of the Xingu River, August 9-12...
Participants Affirm "The fight is not only against Belo Monte!"
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| Altamira, Brazil – At the second day of the gathering "In Defense of the Xingu: Against Belo Monte!", impassioned, steadfast speeches were given amidst colorful feather head dresses, and painted bodies and faces. Roughly 500 participants – indigenous people and riverbank dwellers, local farmers and social leaders – are meeting to discuss the grave environmental and social impacts of large infrastr...
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Aug 09, 2010 -- Ecuador Court Invites Final Submissions on Damages in Chevron Environmental Lawsuit...
Chevron's Hypocrisy On Display As Oil Giant Tries to Block Relief It Had Previously Requested
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| In what should be viewed as a gain for Chevron, the Ecuadorian judge overseeing the multi-billion dollar environmental lawsuit against the oil giant has ordered both parties to submit independent damages assessments within six weeks, lawyers for the Amazonian communities announced today.
Chevron, however, is opposing the order that allows it to do its own damages assessment, said Jonathan Abady...
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Aug 05, 2010 -- Indigenous Encampment Planned on Xingu River...
Hundreds to Converge in Altamira to Highlight Threats of Proposed Belo Monte Dam
Members of the Press Invited to Attend
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| Altamira, Brazil - Hundreds of Brazilian indigenous leaders from the Amazon Basin will be joined by local riverbank dwellers and dam-affected people to participate in a regional meeting of the Terra Livre Encampment, in Altamira, Pará, from August 9-12. Organized by the Amazonian Indigenous Organization COIAB, and supported by a coalition of Brazilian and international organizations, participants ...
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Aug 03, 2010 -- Ecuador Signs Historic Yasuni-ITT Deal with UNDP To Keep Oil in the Soil and CO2 out of the Atmosphere...
Praise for Pioneering Proposal is Mixed with Concerns by Indigenous Groups Over New Drilling Planned in Southern Ecuador's Pristine Rainforests
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| Quito, Ecuador – Ecuador plans to sign an agreement today with the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) that will open an international trust fund to receive donations supporting the government's proposal to keep some 900 million barrels of oil in the ground. The heavy crude is found in three oil reserves beneath the fragile Yasuni National Park – the Ishpingo, Tambococha, and Tiputini (ITT). Th...
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