Quito, Ecuador – Chevron`s suggestion this week that it might withdraw from a landmark $6 billion rainforest pollution trial in Ecuador on the eve of a final judgment represents a "desperate move" that could backfire against the oil giant, representatives for the plaintiffs said today. Pablo Fajardo, lead lawyer
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Hundreds March in Ecuadorian Amazon to Protest Chevron’s Delay Tactics in Environmental Lawsuit 600 Person “Human Billboard” at Former Texaco Well Site Calls For “Justice Now”
Lago Agrio, Ecuador – Hundreds of local indigenous people and campesinos marched today to protest Chevron´s delay tactics as a judgment approaches in a landmark multi-billion dollar environmental lawsuit against the company.
Chevron Increasingly Desperate in $6 Billion Environmental Lawsuit in Amazon Rainforest Chevron Seeks to Avoid Judgment It Requested in 2002
New York – Having lost critical legal motions in recent weeks in two countries over its multi-billion dollar liability in the Amazon rainforest, Chevron’s prospects in the long-running case are dimming with a final judgment expected within months despite frantic efforts by company lawyers to delay the process.The p
Camisea Receives a Boost
Petroleum Economist | The success of Peru's plans to develop the country's gas industry depends on investment, but more importantly on the support of indigenous tribes in the Amazon region, writes NJ WatsonPERU'S AIM of joining the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters received a boost last month, when the Inter-American Development
Chevron Loses in New York Lawsuit against Ecuador
A federal court in New York has rejected a lawsuit filed by Chevron (formerly Texaco) seeking to subject the Ecuadorian government to arbitration proceedings in the US, thus evading the jurisdiction of the Ecuadorian courts in a case in which 30,000 Ecuadorians are suing the oil giant for environmental damages.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
US Court Stops Chevron Arbitration Vs State-Owned Petroecuador
Dow Jones | NEW YORK – A U.S. District Court judge in the SouthernDistrict of New York has stopped arbitration proceedings against Ecuadorean state-owned oil company Petroecuador by Chevron Corp.
Texaco’s Toxic Legacy In Ecuador
Common Dreams | It can be considered one of the most unequal battles in the world today. It pits a group of indigenous people in Ecuador, almost totally devoid of material resources, against one of the most powerful oil corporations in the world.
Spotlight on Environmental Catastrophe effecting indigenous people in Ecuador Illuminated by Celebrity Visit
Native American Times | QUITO, Ecuador- Far from the bright lights of Hollywood, Daryl Hannah and Q'orianka Kilcher are drawing international attention to the environmental damages and ongoing catastrophe effecting indigenous people living in Ecuador.
Ecuador Seeks Cash to Keep Oil in Jungle
Associated Press | In an unusual move for an oil-producing nation, Ecuador's leftist president is turning to the international community to provide the poor Andean nation with funding in exchange for abandoning a project to drill for petroleum in a nature reserve.President Rafael Correa said Ecuador is seeking some $350 million annually
Audit Clears Once-Leaky Pipeline for Funding
Inter Press Service | Washington - A controversial gas pipeline in the pristine heart of the Amazon forest that has ruptured six times since its inception received a clean bill of health this week from the main financial backer, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), drawing scepticism from indigenous groups and international environmentalists
Daryl Hannah Joins Amazon Protesters Taking On Oil Giant
The Independent | Daryl Hannah, the actress turned environmentalist, is adding her voice to a campaign demanding redress for the inhabitants of Ecuador’s Amazon region, which has been blighted by 30 years of oil exploration by Texaco.The 46-year-old star of Splash and Kill Bill was hoping to meet Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa,
Inter-American Development Bank Admits Glaring Omissions of Report on Controversial Rainforest Gas Project On-the-Ground Impacts of Camisea Mega-Project Excluded
Washington D.C – A heavily-touted environmental and social impact assessment commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to justify the expansion of the controversial Camisea gas project in a highly sensitive part of the Peruvian Amazon appears to omit fundamental criteria including damage done to biodiversity
Ecuador invites world to save its forest President Rafael Correa launches a proposal Tuesday for the international community to compensate Ecuador if the country prohibits oil drilling within its rain forest.
The Christian Science Monitor | Quito, EcuadorLast year's presidential campaign posters for candidate Rafael Correa were lime green with the slogan "Citizen Revolution" blazed across them.
Hannah Visits Polluted Site in Ecuadaor
Associated Press | LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador – Daryl Hannah said she planned to meet with Ecuador's president Tuesday to discuss a lawsuit by Indians and settlers against Chevron Corp., a day after she trudged through the jungle to visit the polluted site.San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron is on trial in Lago Agrio, 110 miles east of the
Chevron’s Ecuador Disaster in the Spotlight as Celebrities Open Photo Exhibit, Tour Rainforest Communities Daryl Hannah and Q’orianka Kilcher, the “Peruvian Pocahontas”, in Quito to Pressure Oil Giant Judgment Nears in Landmark $6 Billion-Env
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Save the Yasuni Rainforest
The Ecuadorian government's offer to forgo oil development in the ITT portion of Yasuni would be a giant first step towards breaking Ecuador's dependence on oil. Ecologists and indigenous leaders in Ecuador join in formation to send a message to the World about Saving Yasuni Park.
Pueblos No Contactados en Peligro El Perú guarda algunos de los últimos refugios de poblaciones indígenas que se distanciaron de la sociedad peruana para vivir libremente. Pero las nuevas exploraciones petrolíferas avanzan en las reservas donde vive
La República | En mayo de 2006, el Congreso aprobó la ley 28736 para la protección de Pueblos Indígenas u Originarios en situación de aislamiento o de contacto inicial.
Ecuador proposes massive debt swap to avert development of ITT oil fields
MarketWatch | QUITO (MarketWatch) – Energy Minister Alberto Acosta Wednesday proposed a massive debt swap to avoid developing Ecuador's Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputi or ITT oil fields."One of the options to leave the crude underground is to carry out a massive bilateral debt swap, government-to-government, with the Paris Club a
Peruvians sue Oxy, claiming pollution
Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles - Members of indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon region sued Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Peruvians sue oil giant over Amazon pollution
The Guardian | Los Angeles - Members of an indigenous tribe from the Peruvian Amazon sued the oil giant Occidental Petroleum yesterday in California's superior court, alleging that the company knowingly put the health of the Achuar people at risk and damaged their habitat.The claim alleges that over the course of three decades Oxy, a
Peru communities sue Occidental for oil operations
Reuters | LOS ANGELES - Indigenous Peruvian Achuar communities filed a class action suit against Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Indigenous Peruvians Sue Occidental Petroleum for Contaminating Rivers and Land in Amazon Lawsuit Charges Oil Giant with Harming Health and Environment of Native Achuar People
Los Angeles, CA – EarthRights International (ERI) and the law firm Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP (SDSHH) today brought suit on behalf of twenty-five indigenous Achuar plaintiffs from the Peruvian Amazon against Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum Corp.
ConocoPhillips Wavers on Controversial Amazon Drilling Plans Indigenous Leaders Tell Shareholder Meeting: No Drilling in Our Rainforest
B-ROLL, PHOTOS, AND INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE BY ARRANGEMENT.Houston — Indigenous leaders gave a mixed reception to news that ConocoPhillips may be rethinking its controversial plans to drill on their ancestral territories in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.Accompanied by the human rights and environmental group
Peru's rainforest: oil and gas run through it Indigenous groups are threatened as Peru gears up for an energy boom.
The Christian Science Monitor | POROTOBANGO, PERU - Raised in palm huts deep in the Peruvian Amazon, Gregorio Torres never imagined that below his home was something called natural gas.
Pressure Mounts on ConocoPhillips Over Controversial Rainforest Drilling Plans Indigenous Leaders Come to Houston to Warn ConocoPhillips: Abandon the Amazon; Global Climate and Our Survival Depend on It
PRESS BRIEFING AND PHOTO OP. OUTSIDE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON MAY 9 AT THE OMNI HOUSTON HOTEL.
Protesters target Occidental A lawsuit is threatened over oil operations in the Amazon basin.
Los Angeles Times | Shareholders of Occidental Petroleum Corp. gathered Friday to hear details behind another great year in the oil business.
Indigenous Peru group threatens to sue Occidental
Reuters | LOS ANGELES - Indigenous Achuar communities of Peru who claim that pollution resulting from the production of oil harmed their way of life and dama ged their health on Thursday threatened to sue Occidental Petroleum Corp..The Achuar people live along the Corrientes River in the Amazon Basin of northeastern Peru near Ec
Oil company accused of dumping waste in Amazon
The Independent | A US oil company has been accused of contaminating an area of the Peruvian Amazon where it and its successor company have drilled for oil for the past 32 years, creating misery for the local Achuar people and widespread lead and cadmium poisoning.
Amazon Leaders Give Oxy Ultimatum
Amazon Leaders Give Oxy Ultimatum: Clean Up Your Toxic Waste from our Rainforest or Face Legal Action in the U.S.Indigenous Children Suffer Lead and Cadmium Poisoning from Oxy’s Toxic Dumping, New Report FindsFriday photo op.
