Indian Country Today | Indigenous leaders from Ecuador's Amazonian lowlands are calling for the government to drop plans to auction 21 leases near the Peruvian border for oil drilling.
All: 2012
Chevron turns to 'Arbitration' Star Chamber to Try to Cheat Justice
After losing court rulings in Ecuador and the United States in recent weeks, Chevron is now betting everything on an obscure private arbitration panel acting under the mantle of the U.S.-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement.
The True Story of Chevron's Ecuador Disaster
Amazon Defense Coalition | Over almost three decades of oil drilling in Ecuador's Amazon, Chevron dumped billions of gallons of toxic waste into waterways relied on by local inhabitants for their drinking water.
BNDES Is Partner of Mining Company Voted Worst Company in the World
Gazeta do Acre | Brazilian mining company Vale was voted worst company in the world by the Public Eye Awards, known as the "Nobel" of global corporate shame. BNDES is a Vale partner, with stock holdings that deliver veto power directly to the Brazilian State.
"Water is Life" Mobilization against Oil Threat to Water Supply in Peruvian Amazon
North American companies threaten to exploit oil on Nanay River, principle Iquitos water source
Iquitos, Peru – Today, hundreds of residents from the Amazonian city of Iquitos in Peru plan to converge on the streets to defend their human right to clean water and denounce ConocoPhillips, Gran Tierra and Talisman Energy.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Brazilian Mining Giant Vale Voted Worst Corporation in the World
Company wins prize for leading share in the Belo Monte Dam
San Francisco, CA – After 21 days of public voting, Brazilian iron-ore mining corporation Vale picked up the Public Eye Award, known as the "Nobel Prize of Shame" in the corporate world.
Public Eye Award Singles Out Mining Company Vale
Award given at the same time as the World Economic Forum strives to embarrass companies for "corporate irresponsibility"
The Guardian | Brazilian mining giant Vale picked up the dubious distinction today of being the corporation with the most "contempt for the environment and human rights" in the world.
US Court Delivers Serious Rebuke to Chevron's Abusive Legal Tactics
Victory for Ecuadorians Seeking Justice in the Amazon
The ruling sets right a "grave injustice against the Ecuadorians," and "rebukes Chevron's abusive legal tactics ... to malign the very people who suffer as a result of the company's deliberate poisoning of their homeland."
Judge Overstepped Authority in Banning Collection of $18B Ecuador Judgement
Associated Press | New York, NY – A judge overstepped his authority when he tried to ban enforcement around the world of an $18 billion judgment against Chevron Inc. for environmental damage in Ecuador, a federal appeals court said Thursday.
Dam It: Brazil's Belo Monte Stirs Controversy
About 24,000 people will be displaced from towns in the Amazon to make way for the world's third biggest dam
Al Jazeera | Altamira, Brazil – Drive about 90 minutes outside this sultry Brazilian Amazon town, and into the thicket of the jungle, and a surreal, other-worldly scene appears: A place where dozens of steel arms with giant claws from land excavators cut into the red earth, carving out deep holes.
Brazil Mega Dam Washes Residents Away
Al Jazeera | With an estimated cost of at least $14 billion, Brazil's Belo Monte Dam is leaving a large footprint - one that looks like it will stamp out local residents.
Protesters Strike Again At Brazil's "Pandora" Dam In Amazon
Forbes | Brazil's massive Belo Monte hydroelectric power project is arguably the most hated government project in the world. A group of fisherman and tribal members of the Xingu River Lives Movement rowed up and down the river on Wednesday to block construction workers from initial phase construction of the mega-dam.
Chevron's 500 Lawyers At 39 Law Firms Defeated For Third Time
Five Impoverished Indigenous Groups One Step Closer To Justice
The Chevron Pit | How many lawyers does it take to lose three court decisions in a row? According to a Chevron declaration: About 500.
Will the Lawsuit Over Oil Contamination in Ecuador Ever End?
Mother Jones | In the past few weeks, there have been several developments in the ongoing lawsuit that Ecuadorian communities have filed against Chevron for polluting the Amazon.
Protestors Paralyze Belo Monte Dam Construction Works
New Construction Prompts Radical Intervention in Brazilian Amazon
Altamira, Brazil – Major construction on the Belo Monte Dam commenced on the Xingu River in a series of developments that took place during Brazil's New Year holidays, signaling a new phase in the Brazilian government's intentions to sidestep environmental legislation and human rights conventions to build the world's third largest...
Murder of Indigenous Child Provokes Reactions
Global Voices | The murder of an eight year old child from the Awa-Gwajá indigenous community, allegedly burnt alive [pt] by loggers in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, has caused outrage throughout the Internet, as well as disbelief by many in the face of such cruelty.
Vale: Worst Corporation in the World?
In our tradition of going after corporate crooks we invite you to help denounce Vale, the largest iron-ore mining company in the world and a prime force behind the disastrous Belo Monte Dam.
Great Moments In Stupid Chevron PR
The Understory | Chevron's spokespeople have never been afraid to make absurd excuses for why their company puts profits over people. Now that Chevron has been found guilty again, we wonder what new ridiculous excuse it will dream up.
David v Goliath: Chevron Plots to Avoid Cleaning Up Oil Pollution in Amazon Rainforest
Ecuador government urged not to give in to pressure from the US oil giant Chevron to drop record $18 billion fine for its part in the "Chernobyl of the Amazon"
The Ecologist | Although celebrating the victory - the largest award for an environmental case in legal history - representatives of the communities affected say the battle for making Chevron pay has only just begun.
Ecuador Plaintiffs Tell Chevron: "Enough is Enough!"
"You must pay for the crime that you committed in Ecuador. You must pay for the social, cultural, and environmental damage that you caused. And this will allow us to begin repairing that damage."
Ecuador Appeals Court Affirms $18 Billion Pollution Judgment Against Chevron: Time to Pay Up!
The ruling brings justice one significant step closer for the Amazonian communities who have suffered for decades from Chevron's callousness.
Ecuador Court Upholds Historic Environmental Case Against Chevron
Miami Herald | Humberto Piaguaje, a school teacher in Ecuador's Amazon, says he has lost eight family members to cancer. He blames the rash of deaths in his village on river water contaminated by upstream oil operations.
Ecuador Appellate Judges Outraged by Chevron's Abuse of Judicial Process
In Meticulous Review, Panel Finds Ample Evidence to Support $18 Billion Judgment Against Oil Giant
Lago Agrio, Ecuador – Members of the appellate panel in Ecuador that affirmed the $18 billion judgment against Chevron for contaminating the Amazon rainforest were clearly outraged at the oil giant's abuse of the judicial process.
Ecuador Court Upholds $8.6 Billion Ruling Against Chevron
CNN | An Ecuadorian appeals court upheld an $8.6 billion ruling against oil giant Chevron stemming from claims that the company had a detrimental impact on Amazonian communities where it operated.
How Lawyer Arrogance Imperils Chevron Shareholders in Ecuador
The Huffington Post | One of the more interesting aspects of the $18 billion Chevron-Ecuador environmental case is how a series of monumental mistakes by the American law firm Gibson Dunn Crutcher have increasingly imperiled the interests of a major client like Chevron and its institutional shareholders.
Chevron Guilty Verdict Upheld by Ecuador Appellate Court
$18 Billion Decision in Landmark Contamination Case Further Vindication for Thousands of Rainforest Residents
San Francisco, CA – Yesterday, an Ecuadorian appellate court upheld a historic $18 billion award against Chevron for the company's deliberate contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon. The decision is the largest environmental award ever handed down and the result of an 18-year legal battle brought by some 30,000 indigenous peoples and farmers...
Ecuador Court Ratifies Multibillion Ruling Against Chevron
Dow Jones | Houston, TX – An Ecuadorian court on Tuesday ratified a multi-billion dollar ruling issued last year against Chevron, holding the company responsible for environmental and punitive damages stemming from oil operations in Ecuador's Amazon region.
