October 25, 2005Mr. Edward B. ScottVice President and General CounselChevron International Exploration and Petroleum Company6001 Bollinger Canyon RoadSan Ramon, CA 94583 Dear Mr.
All: 2005
New York Times OP-ED: Rain Forest Jekyll and Hyde?
The New York Times | Please welcome the latest entry to the Chutzpah Hall of Fame: the mightyChevron Corporation.On Oct. 28, during a gala ceremony at its headquarters in San Ramon, Calif.,the company, which until May was known as ChevronTexaco, will honor thelatest recipients of the annual Chevron Conservation Awards.
Amazon Indians Say Texaco Left Damage
Associated Press | Estacion Guanta, Ecuador - About 50 Cofan Indians, some holding handkerchiefs over their faces to fend off an acrid chemical stench, gathered around two contaminated open pits they say were left behind and never adequately cleaned up by the former Texaco Corp.A 35-year-old Cofan woman stood near one of the black pools.
Chevron Lawyers Fail to Show For Ecuador Court Date with Indians In Secret Police Report, Chevron Claimed To Judge That Indians Whose Land The Company Contaminated Want To Kidnap Them Claims of Chevron “Manipulation” and “Corruption”
Lago Agrio, Ecuador – In last-minute maneuvering yesterday that had the apparent odor of corruption, Chevron lawyers managed to convince the Ecuador judge presiding over the environmental “trial of the century” to cancel a long-planned judicial site visit to the territory of a near-extinct indigenous tribe where several
Chevron Battles Amazon Indians in “Trial of Century” 100% of Chevron Well Sites Inspected by Ecuador Court Show Toxic Contamination in Amazon Rainforest Chevron Producing Foul Results in Historic Environmental Trial; Previous Remediation Appears To
Quito, Ecuador - The latest results from Chevron’s historic rainforest trial in Ecuador show the oil giant continues to lose ground to a group of indigenous tribes and jungle communities who have brought the first-ever environmental case against an American company in a rainforest court.Chevron is being sued for at l
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Toman Aeropuerto de Atalaya y Anuncian Ocupación de Campamento de Camisea
servindi | Miles de indígenas están decididos a tomar el campamento principal del proyecto gasífero Camisea ubicado en la selva del Cusco de no obtener respuesta a las peticiones para recibir parte de las regalías que compensen los daños y perjuicios ocasionados por el proyecto.
Remembering Ecuador’s Cofan on Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Fighting for Survival, Rainforest Indians To Testify Against Chevron In Ecuador Pollution Scandal With $6 Billion Liability, Chevron To Be Confronted By Leaders of Communities It Displaced Year
Quito, Ecuador – Several survivors of Ecuador’s Cofan indigenous group, forced off their ancestral lands by the oil operations of Texaco (now Chevron), are preparing to testify in the historic trial against the oil giant over an estimated $6 billion in environmental damages.Cofan leaders will offer their testimony
Peru: Crece Protesta contra Camisea, el Gasoducto Coladera
servindi | Veinte embarcaciones de regular tonelaje fueron detenidas entre el viernes 30 de septiembre y la tarde de ayer por miles de indígenas amazónicos que realizan un paro fluvial.
Carta al Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) de Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP)
Lima, 1 de octubre 2005Señor Luis Alberto MorenoPresidente del Banco Inter-Americano de DesarrolloWashington, D.C.Asunto: Posición de AIDESEP respecto al “Plan de Protección y Defensa de los Pueblos en Aislamiento Voluntario y Contacto Inicial de la Reserva Kugapakori, Nahua, Nanti y otros” de
Peru Mayor Says Camisea Gas Pipeline Leak Contaminated Jungle Rivers, Sickening Hundreds
Associated Press | Ayacucho, Peru — A district mayor threatened Wednesday to sue the operators of a pipeline that transports natural gas liquids from the Camisea gas fields in the country's southern Amazon after it sprang a leak in one of his villages.
Explicaran ante el Congreso
Peru.com | Camisea - El ministro de Energía y Minas, Glodomiro Sánchez, y el gerente general de Transportadora de Gas del Perú (TGP), Alejandro Segret, se presentarán este miércoles 21 ante el Congreso para explicar sobre la reciente fuga de gas producida por segunda vez en Ayacucho.La citación, realizada con carácter de u
200 People Evacuated Because of Gas Spill in Ayacucho
El Comercio | Some 300 cubic meters of liquids from the Camisea natural gas project were spilled near the town of Toccate, in the ayacuchana de La Mar province, after one of the pipes ruptured. This situation led to the evacuation of some 200 inhabitants for the duration of 10 hours in order to prevent contamination.
Evacuan a 200 por Derrame de Gas en Ayacucho
El Comercio Peru | Unos 300 metros cúbicos de líquido del gas natural de Camisea se derramaron cerca del poblado de Toccate, en la provincia ayacuchana de La Mar, luego de que una de las tuberías se rompiera.
Go-ahead for Controversial Pipeline
Scotsman www.news.scotsman.com | Brazil's Environmental Protection Agency Ibama has said it has licensed a unit of the state-run oil company Petrobras to start building a controversial gas pipeline cutting through pristine Amazon forest.Petrobras and environmentalists have quarrelled since 2001 over the planned 550-kilometre (345-mile) pipeline from t
Chevron Faces More Trouble as Scientific Results In Ecuador Trial Point To Billion-Dollar Liability
Hundreds of Soil and Water Samples Show Texaco Left Extensive Toxic Contamination in RainforestFive Indigenous Groups and 30,000 People AffectedQuito, Ecuador – ChevronTexaco, now Chevron Corp (CVX), appears to be losing ground in the environmental “Trial of the Century” in Ecuador’s rainforest over
Rainforest Water “Taste Test” at Chevron Headquarters... As the “Trial of the Century” Unfolds in Ecuador, Activists offer Water Samples from areas contaminated by the Company in Ecuador to Employees on Lunch Break Great Photo Opportunity! Broad
When: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 from 11:30am-1pmWhere: Chevron's World Headquarters 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road (off I-680), San Ramon, CaliforniaWho: Amazon Watch, Amnesty International and members of San Ramon Valley Cares about Ecuador will be at Chevron's World Headquarters in San
Ecuador Halts Oil Exports as Protests Rage
Forbes | Quito - Ecuador has warned it faces an 'economic emergency' after halting crude exports because of violent protests in two oil-rich Amazon provinces by workers and locals demanding a bigger share of oil revenues.
Amazonian Leaders Arrive in Los Angeles Culminating a 2-Week U.S. Tour to Expose How Oil Companies from the U.S. are Despoiling their Rain Forest Territories in Peru Interviews available in English & Spanish, Footage and Photos Also Available
WHO: Amazon Watch and Earth Rights International are hosting a delegation of Peruvian Achuar leaders, and their human rights lawyer, on a speaking tour of the United States (Washington D.C., NY, SF, LA) to expose how U.S.
Letter From Ecuador
The Nation | When Renee Arevalo purchased a small plot of land just off the main road to Shushufindi several years ago, it seemed like a great opportunity.
Ecuador Indians Protest Petrobras Oil Development
Reuters | Quito, Ecuador - Indians and environmental protesters marched through Ecuador's capital on Tuesday to demand that Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras suspend operations in an oil block located in one of the Andean nation's most important Amazon national parks.More than 150 members of the Huaorani trib
Green Dog Films Holds Benefit to Aid the Women of Juárez and Amazon Watch
AT 8:00PM ON SATURDAY, JULY 23RD, GREEN DOG FILMS and JOHNNIE WALKER, in association with Symbolic Entertainment and The Artist Movement, will be hosting a BENEFIT CONCERT entitled “MAKE AN IMPACT.” This will be a night of multi-ethnic music, fashion, and art that will be raising funds to protect the indigenous people of
Drilling into Debt: An Investigation into the Relationship between Debt and Oil
The following report was released at the G8 Summit in London, on June 29, 2005. The report includes case studies on the link between oil extraction and debt of countries such as Ecuador, Nigeria, and Congo-brazzaville.
Protestors Gather Against Chevron At UN60 ***Great Visuals***
On Sunday, June 26, pro-UN demonstrators will gather in San Francisco, California outside the closing luncheon celebrating the 60th anniversary of the UN.
Environmental Efforts Can't Curb Social Impact of Amazon Pipeline
Inter Press Service News Agency | Manaus, Brazil - While Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has taken great pains to limit the environmental impact of gas pipelines in the Amazon region, it has proven more difficult to curb the social repercussions of large-scale projects in the midst of dire poverty.The discovery in 1986 of natural gas in Urucú
Bianca Jagger Headlines People’s Spotlight on Oil, June 5 Joins Ross Mirkarimi and Representatives from Nigeria, Ecuador, Alaska, and Richmond, CA to Showcase Impact of Oil Extraction and Refining
San Francisco – Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador Bianca Jagger will join environmental justice leaders to talk about the impact of oil extraction and refining on the environment, on Sunday, June 5th, at 3:00 p.m.
New IDB Environment Policy Needs More Teeth, Say NGOs
www.ethicalcorp.com | March 09, 2005The consultation period for the Inter-American Development Bank's new environmental policy has ended and pressure groups have expressed concern that the proposals lack impact.The opportunity for business groups and non-profit organisations to comment on the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) r
Clean Up Ecuador Campaign Update: Photo Exhibit, Shareholder's Meeting and CVX Name Change...
Environmental Justice for the AmazonAmazonian Leaders, Activists, Photographers and Shareholders pressure ChevronTexaco to Clean Up EcuadorCan you imagine an oil spill worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska? Unfortunately, there is one in the middle of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
Tribe Members Didn't Resist Gifts of Food, Fuel
Newsday | Dureno Cofan, Ecuador - The jungle dwellers, barefoot and clad in tunics, thought a strange bird had dropped from the sky when the first Texaco helicopter touched down nearly four decades ago.Creeping through the lush underbrush, the Cofan tribe members approached the strapping men descending from the helicopter in ov
