San Francisco – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, June 10th to pass a resolution condemning Chevron for its disturbing record of human rights abuses and environmental destruction around the world.Citing transgressions including profiteering from the Iraq war, the dumping of 18 billion gallons of t
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Ecuador Celebrates World Environment Day
Marks First Anniversary of ITT Initiative
(Washington, DC-) In order to celebrate World Environment Day as well as the first anniversary of the signing on the Ishipingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) Initiative, the Embassy of Ecuador in the United States is please to present the status of this unique initiative.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors to Vote on Resolution Condemning Chevron's Abuses Worldwide
Resolution Criticizes Chevron's Profiteering in Iraq, Nigeria Slayings and Ecuador Disaster
San Francisco – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is to vote on a resolution condemning Chevron for its disturbing record of human rights abuses and environmental destruction around the world. Citing transgressions including profiteering from the Iraq war, the dumping of 18 billion gallons
Road to oblivion: new highway poses threat to Brazil's uncontacted tribespeople
The Independent | The uncontacted tribes in the forest borderlands of Peru and Brazil, such as those pictured last week pointing a bow and arrow at a plane, are facing a threat from something beyond their wildest imagining. It comes from a thing of which they've never heard, being built to serve a people who they have no idea even exist.
The Amazonian tribe that hid from the rest of the world - until now
The Independent | Three near-naked figures are visible in the forest clearing. Two of them are men, their bodies daubed with a red dye, and they are aiming their bows at the sky.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
U'wa Publicly Denounce the Presence of Armed Groups Found within their Protected Territory
OFFICIAL STATEMENT TO THE PUBLICUnified Indigenous Reserve, Cubará, Boyacá, May 22, 2008 URGENT ACTION THE INDIGENOUS AUTHORITIES OF U'WA FROM BOYACÁ, SANTANDER AND NORTHERN SANTANDER, AND BRANCHES OF ASO U'WA, PUBLICLY DENOUNCE THE PRESENCE OF ARMED GROUPS FOUND WITHIN THE U’WA PROTECTED TERRITORY.
Denuncia Ante La Opinion Pública La Presencia De Actores Armados Al Interior Del Resguardo
COMUNICADO A LA OPINION PÚBLICAResguardo Indígena Unido U’wa, Cubará, Boyacá, 22 de mayo de 2008ACCIÓN URGENTELAS AUTORIDADES INDÍGENAS DEL PUEBLO U’WA DE BOYACÁ, SANTANDER Y NORTE DE SANTANDER, FILIALES DE ASOU’WA, DENUNCIAN ANTE LA OPINION PÚBLICA LA PRESENCIA DE ACTORES ARMADOS AL INTERIO
Chevron profits shadowed by human rights complaints
Reuters | SAN RAMON, Calif. - Despite higher profits on record oil prices, the board of directors at Chevron Corp, the No. 2 U.S.
After record year, Chevron faces the music
Contra Costa Times | SAN RAMON – - Despite a record-setting financial performance in 2007, Chevron Corp.
"Systemic" Human Rights Abuses Dominate Chevron Annual General Meeting, Casting Shadow over CEO and Record Profits
Chevron’s Victims from Burma, Ecuador and Nigeria Confront CEO David O’Reilly at Shareholder Meeting
B-Roll and photos of Ecuador pollution and today's protests available upon request.San Ramon — In a dramatic face-to-face showdown at Chevron's annual general meeting, victims of the company's grave human rights abu
Letter from the President of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions
To: The Shareholders of ExxonMobil and Chevron Corporations and All Peace Loving People of the WorldFrom: Hassan Juma'a Awad, President, Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU)We call upon the governments, corporations and other institutions behind the ongoing occupation of Iraq to
Activists blast Chevron on human rights, environment
The Associated Press | SAN RAMON — Chevron Corp.
Dozens protest oil spills, human rights violations outside Chevron
Valley Times | SAN RAMON – - As business leaders were gathered inside Chevron's corporate headquarters for the company's annual shareholders meeting today, dozens of activists outside the gates protested the company's alleged environmental and human rights abuses in Ecuador and other parts of the world."I'm here to tell Chevro
Rising Tide of Human Rights Abuses Haunts Chevron on Eve of Annual Shareholder’s Meeting
Communities from Nigeria, Ecuador, Burma and US to Confront CEO David O’Reilly in San Ramon; Billions in Potential Liability Protest Planned for Chevron Headquarters; SF Board of Supervisors Considers Resolution Condemning Abuses; Angst In Pension Funds Over Liability
_________________________________________________________Weds, May 28: PHOTO OP at 7.30am outside Chevron AGM of supporters in full-body haz-mat suits symbolically cleaning “toxic waste” Chevron dumped in Ecuador, Nigeria, and other places. Media briefing straight after AGM (expected at 10am).
African, Asian and Latin American Victims of Chevron Abuses Gather in the Bay for Chevron’s Annual General Meeting
Chevron’s Global Human Rights and Environmental Violations Appear to Be Systemic, Rooted in Failings at San Ramon Global HQ
INTERVIEWS, PHOTOS AND B-ROLL FOOTAGE ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST____________________________________________________________________________WHO: Larry Bowoto, a community leader from Ondo State, Nigeria, shot multiple times and permanently injured by security forces flown in by Chevron during a protest aga
ConocoPhillips Warned Amazon Operations Could Kill Off Isolated Indigenous Communities
Shareholder Meeting Told Houston Oil Major’s Rainforest Plans Would Also Lead to Deforestation and Exacerbate Global Warming
Houston, Texas – ConocoPhillips senior management came under increasing pressure today at the Houston-based oil major’s annual shareholder meeting as environmental and human rights campaigners warned that its Peru plans could lead to the extinction of some of the Amazon basin’s last surviving indigenous groups still liv
Cleaning Up Oxy
Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon and environmentalists today donned hazmat suits and staged a major "clean-up operation" outside the global headquarters of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to urge the company to remediate a toxic disaster it created in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
Scenes from Occidental shareholder meeting
Los Angeles Times | Depending on your perspective, Occidental Petroleum’s shareholder meeting in Santa Monica Friday was a celebration of historic financial achievments (profits are way up, the company ended 2007 with no debt and dividends just keep climbing) or, it was the scene of what is becoming a serious public relations irritation.
Occidental Petroleum CEO Ray Irani Invited to Peru to Witness Company’s Toxic Contamination in Amazon
Indigenous Leaders and Supporters Confront Oil Company Executives at Annual Meeting
Los Angeles, CA – Leaders of the indigenous Achuar people of Peru accompanied by 40 demonstrators wearing hazmat suits today brought Occidental Petroleum’s Amazon disaster to the company’s doorstep as they marched inside the hotel hosting the Oxy annual shareholder meeting.
Protesters demand Oxy clean up waste in Peru
San Jose Mercury News | SANTA MONICA, Calif. – A group of Amazon Indians and their supporters dressed in white hazmat suits demonstrated outside a hotel Friday to demand that Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Protesters again confront Occidental
Los Angeles Times | THE OIL COMPANY ISSUES GLOWING ANNUAL REPORT TO INVESTORSIt's a time-honored ritual for Occidental Petroleum Corp.: the yearly gathering of shareholders and protesters.The setting Friday was a sea-view hotel in Santa Monica where shareholders, eager to hear how record energy prices made this year the West
Chevron AGM 2008 Action
In a dramatic face-to-face showdown at Chevron's annual general meeting, victims of the company's grave human rights abuses from three continents today told shareholders and senior executives that the oil major must live up to its corporate rhetoric on human rights and the environment, and also take decisive action to make amends to the...
A Toxic Legacy of Oil in Block 1ab in Corrientes River
On May 1, 2008, Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon and environmentalists donned hazmat suits and staged a major "clean-up operation" outside the global headquarters of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to urge the company to remediate a toxic disaster it created in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.
Daryl Hannah, environmentalists protest in Westwood, demanding that Occidental oil company clean up Amazon
Los Angeles Times | ***The actress and representatives of several groups say the firm's operations in Peru left behind toxics that continue to contaminate an indigenous people's waters.***Wearing white hazmat suits and carrying brooms and mops, dozens of activists crowded the entrance to Occidental Petroleum's headquarters in Westwood on
Talisman learned lessons from Sudan Company pledges better record in Peru
Calgary Herald | Talisman Energy's involvement in Peru won't turn into another Sudan, company officials said Wednesday, after the company recorded lower first-quarter profits.Following a protest by leaders of indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, Talisman CEO John Manzoni vowed that Talisman would not perform oil and gas explo
Talisman Commits to Only Operate with Community Consent in Peruvian Amazon
Talisman CEO Gives Written Commitment to Respect Indigenous Community Wishes
Calgary, Alberta – Talisman today gave a clear written undertaking to indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon that the oil company would not attempt to operate on their land without community consent.In a letter handed to the leaders, Talisman CEO and President John Manzoni, wrote: " Talisman will not work in Per
“Clean Up Operation” Launched at Occidental Petroleum Headquarters, Amazon Watch Says
Oil Major Urged to Remediate Toxic Disaster in Amazon
INTERVIEWS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, B-ROLL AND PHOTOS OF CONTAMINATION AVAILABLE ON REQUESTLos Angeles, CA – Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon and environmentalists today donned hazmat suits and staged a major “clean-up operation” outside the global headquarters of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to urg
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY From bad boy to poster boy: Talisman's journey Once heavily criticized, it's now praised for transparency and anti-corruption in oil industry; company facing new challenges in Peru
The Globe and Mail | OTTAWA – Once vilified as an oil industry bad boy, Calgary's Talisman Energy Inc.
Amazonian natives target Talisman exploration plan
The Windsor Star | CALGARY - Natives from the Amazon – their faces painted and their heads adorned with colourful toucan feathers – are in Calgary to protest Talisman Energy Inc.'s plans to explore for oil in Peru.In advance of the company's annual general meeting Wednesday, John Manzoni, CEO and president of the Calgary-
