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Chevron Caused Environmental “Barbarity” in Ecuador -- Correa
Reuters | Quito* – The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, accused the US oil giant, ChevronTexaco, of provoking from 1972 to 1992 a greater ecological and economic disaster than that caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
Ecuador President Rails against Chevron for Alleged Environmental Damage
Associated Press | LA VICTORIA, Ecuador: Leftist President Rafael Correa railed against U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp.
Chevron's Ecuadorean Fight Lands in U.S.
Associated Press | San Ramon - In what has become an annual rite, Chevron Corp.'s opponents in a South American environmental and legal quagmire have come to the United States in an effort to sway consumers, investors and politicians to support their cause.The latest public relations campaign culminated during the San Ramon-based company
Ecuador Drilling Protests At Chevron San Ramon HQ
Associated Press | San Ramon - In what has become an annual rite, Chevron Corp.'s opponents in a South American environmental and legal quagmire have come to the Bay Area in an effort to sway consumers, investors and politicians to support their cause.The latest public relations campaign culminated during the San Ramon-based company's sh
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
How green is Chevron?
San Francisco Chronicle | Chevron shareholders meet today in San Ramon for the first time since the Democrats' takeover of Congress and the subsequent effort to recast the West's largest refiner as an environmentalist.Chevron CEO David O'Reilly, along with other oil executives, has been touting the company's new green leaf in speeches across th
Ecuador Disaster Dominates Chevron Shareholder Meeting Chevron CEO Invited: “Join Us: Put These Scandals behind You.”
San Ramon, CA – Chevron’s annual shareholder meeting was again dominated by allegations of human rights abuses and environmental destruction today as two leaders of indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon confronted CEO David O’Reilly about his company’s massive toxic dumping in the region.Attending the
Gov. Will Not Meet Attorney
Los Angeles Times | Sacramento — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declined to meet with an attorney from Ecuador who asked for help in pressing a lawsuit that alleges environmental damage by Chevron Corp., a financial supporter of the governor.
Chevron Facing Multi-Billion Dollar Liability as Landmark Environmental Lawsuit Nears End Chevron Management Must Inform Investors, Prepare for Possible “Rainforest Chernobyl” Judgment
Today’s press conference and photo op details below.
Amazon Watch Congratulates Goldman Prize Winner Julio Cusurichi
Today Amazon Watch congratulates Julio Cusurichi, winner of the 2007 Goldman Environmental Prize for South & Central America. “It is my responsibility to defend the rights of indigenous peoples, especially those in voluntary isolation who have no voice, and are the most vulnerable people on the planet.
Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Asks California Governor to Urge Chevron to Clean Up its Rainforest Mess Schwarzenegger Invited to Ecuador to Meet Devastated Communities, See Contaminated Land and Water
Sacramento – Pablo Fajardo, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs in the landmark environmental lawsuit against Chevron (formerly Texaco) in Ecuador, has asked California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to urge the oil major to clean up the 18 billion gallons of toxic waste it dumped into the Amazon.The call came in a le
Gov.'s green credentials challenged An Ecuadorean attorney calls on Schwarzenegger to help in his lawsuit against Chevron, a major campaign donor
Los Angeles Times | Sacramento - Now that Arnold Schwarzenegger is being portrayed worldwide as the green governor, he may be forced to choose between environmentalists on one side and well-heeled political donors on the other.On Tuesday, the governor was sent a letter from a lawyer in Ecuador asking for help in a lawsuit against one of S
Confirman Sexto Derrame de Gas de Camisea Comisión de Región Cusco Viajó al Lugar del Incidente. Se Tomaron Muestras Para Determinar Contaminación.
La República | Un informe preliminar de una comisión técnica de la Región Cusco que viajó hasta la zona de Manaturishiato del centro poblado de Kepashiato en el distrito de Echarati (La Convención), confirmó el sexto derrame de gas en el ducto de Camisea.
Amazonian Leaders to Attend Oil Industry Shareholder Meetings Join Amazon Watch and our Indigenous Partners in Protecting the Amazon from Energy Corporations
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT! SEE BELOW FOR EVENT AND CONTACT INFO.Amazon Watch will have a busy spring organizing and hosting three delegations of indigenous leaders from the Amazon as they attend the annual shareholder meetings of Chevron, Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) and ConocoPhillips.The leaders will demand that Chevron
IDB criticized for some energy projects
Miami Herald | jbussey@MiamiHerald.comInter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno touted the lending agency's efforts to support green fuels and energy conservation on Saturday.
Vanity Fair: The Next Big Environmental David-and-Goliath Trial
Vanity Fair | JUNGLE LAWIn 1972, crude oil began to flow from Texaco's wells in the area around Lago Agrio ("sour lake"), in the Ecuadorean Amazon. Born that same year, Pablo Fajardo is now the lead attorney in an epic lawsuit—among the largest environmental suits in history—against Chevron, which acquired Texaco in 2001.
A Legacy of Harm
Occidental Petroleum in Indigenous Territory in the Peruvian Amazon
This report summarizes the impacts of Occidental's activities in the Corrientes River basin in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon and explains the legal grounds for civil demands due to their deliberate use of substandard technology.
Peru 'Must Protect Amazon Tribes'
BBC | Peru must act swiftly to protect isolated Amazonian tribes from illegal loggers, Latin America's top human rights body has ruled.Indigenous leaders say the tribes have already suffered untold deaths from diseases contracted from outsiders.The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights judged the risk to these iso
Ecuador Court Speeds Up Chevron’s $6 Billion Amazon Trial Over Rainforest Contamination Orders That Damage Claim Be Submitted In 120 Days
Quito, Ecuador – The Ecuador judge hearing a $6 billion class-action environmental lawsuit against Chevron for contamination of the Amazon rainforest has ordered that the final phase of the trial, which includes a damage assessment, be completed in 120 days.The order, made over Chevron’s objection, poses new legal
Inter-American Development Bank’s Mandate Compromised by Excessive Private Sector Subsidies Lack of Democracy, Transparency, Improvements in Lives of Latin Americans
Press release: Inter-American Development Bank annual meeting, Guatemala City, March 16-20 *** Press conference at 1pm, today, Sunday, March 18, in the Sala El Obelisco, First Floor, Westin Camino Real Hotel ***Distributed by an alliance of NGOs from Latin América and the US in attendance at the IDB
Inter-American Development Bank Pushes Ahead with Mega-Project Agenda, Risks Irrelevance Latin American Governments, People Turn Back on “Ideological” Lender Out of Step with Social Justice Needs
Media Backgrounder//Tip-sheet: Inter-American Development Bank Annual Meeting, Guatemala City, March 16-20 *** Press Conference at 1pm on Friday, March 16. Details Below.
IDB Forgives Debt of 5 Nations
The Washington Post | Guatemala City - The Inter-American Development Bank announced Friday it would forgive $4.4 billion in debt owed by five of the poorest countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.The bank excused the foreign debts of Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti and Guyana in an announcement ahead of its annual meeting, which
Chevron Faces More Scrutiny in Ecuador over Pollution
Inter Press Service | Washington - Leaders of indigenous communities in Ecuador are pressing their government to investigate senior executives from U.S. oil giant Chevron for an alleged environmental fraud scheme in the mid-1990s related to a long-running six-billion dollar class action suit in the South American nation. But the U.S.
Criminal Investigation of Chevron Sought in Ecuador by Indigenous Leaders over Rainforest Contamination Evidence of Fraud from $6 Billion Lawsuit Prompts Letter to National Prosecutor Seeking Quick Action
Quito, Ecuador – Leaders from Ecuador’s largest indigenous federation, which represents millions of people, today called for a criminal investigation of Chevron and two of the company’s lawyers for allegedly defrauding Ecuador’s government during a botched environmental remediation in the mid-1990s.The letter,
Oil Contamination & Human Rights the Toxic Legacy of Oil Companies in Ecuador
Please join the Crowley Program as we present “Oil Contamination & Human Rights – The Toxic Legacy of Oil Companies in Ecuador”. Attorney Steven Donziger, who serves as legal counsel to numerous indigenous groups in Ecuador in a landmark human rights case against Chevron (Aguinda v.
Shareholder pressure grows on Chevron and ConocoPhillips
Shareholders at both oil majors have filed resolutions ahead of this spring’s annual general meetings seeking greater accountability on environmental performance and indigenous rights, respectively. A key area of concern that spawned the resolutions is the companies’ role in the Amazon.
Eco-Tourism Hope for Ecuador Tribes
BBC | Ecuador - An indigenous tribe from one of the most remote parts of the Amazon rainforest is taking over a unique eco-tourism project as a way to protect their ancestral lands from oil extraction.The project in south-eastern Ecuador is being seen as a blueprint for other indigenous communities facing similar challenges
Indigenous Peruvians Oppose New Oil Concessions on Their Lands
Environment News Service | Houston, Texas - Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon, along with Peruvian and U.S. environmental and human rights groups, called on the Peruvian government last week to suspend its tendering of new oil concessions.
