Ottawa, Canada – Talisman Energy is creating environmental damage in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest and operating in Achuar indigenous territory without consent, a group of Achuar leaders claimed today during a press conference on Parliament Hill.
All: 2012
Protestors Target Mining Giant Vale in Brazil
Activists attend Rio shareholder meeting, call out company's severe labor, human rights and environmental violations
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – On Wednesday over 150 demonstrators from communities and workers affected by the operations of Brazilian multinational giant Vale staged a protest at its corporate headquarters in downtown Rio de Janeiro, coinciding with an annual shareholders meeting.
Issue Brief: The Achuar and Talisman Energy
Indigenous Rights, Justice, and Corporate Accountability in the Peruvian Amazon
The remote Amazon headwaters along the border of Peru and Ecuador are one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. This remote region is home to over 11,000 Achuar indigenous people. Today, the Achuar's way of life and survival is threatened by international oil companies exploring and drilling for oil.
Driving the Company Off an $18 Billion Cliff
Ecuadoreans In Europe Highlight Chevron Management’s Misguided Litigation Strategy
SF Gate | Chevron was found guilty for environmental crimes in Ecuador in February of 2011 and fined upwards of $18 billion. Since that historic decision, Chevron’s litigation prospects have dimmed considerably.
Will Mega-Dams Destroy the Amazon?
Mongabay.com | More than 150 new dams planned across the Amazon basin could significantly disrupt the ecological connectivity of the Amazon River to the Andes with substantial impacts for fish populations, nutrient cycling, and the health of Earth's largest rainforest.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Belo Monte Dam Construction – in Pictures
The Guardian | The controversial Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon has attracted widespread criticism, and new photographs reveal the extent to which dam construction and deforestation have already started.
The Achuar to Canada: Meet the Delegates
Message from Jiyukam (Lucas) Irar Miik
"My people have elected me to travel to Canada to tell the world about how Talisman's oil drilling puts our lives in danger."
Understanding Recent Developments in the Landmark Chevron-Ecuador Case
After 19 years of litigation, the monumental class action lawsuit against oil giant Chevron for environmental devastation in the Ecuadorian Amazon is nearing an end. On January 3, 2012, an Ecuadorian appeals court confirmed an $18 billion judgment against Chevron. This judgment is exceeded in size only by BP's expected outlay for the 2010 Gulf of...
Heck of a Job, Brownie!
Chevron revealed that CEO John Watson was paid about $25 million in 2011, up 52 percent from 2010. Last year was, of course, the year in which the company was ordered to pay $18 billion for oil spills in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Chumpi & the Waterfall
"We're going to prove that a future without the oil company is possible"
Meet Chumpi, a young indigenous Achuar boy from Chicherta Village in the remote headwaters of an Amazon tributary deep in the Peruvian rainforest.
The Doctrine of Intervention
Today's political ethics are surprisingly similar to the doctrine of discovery set by the Vatican back in 1452
Al Jazeera | One does not think of archaic papal bulls when witnessing democratic states like Brazil or the United States building dams on Amazon rivers or drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean. Yet today's political ethics are surprisingly similar to the doctrine of discovery set by the Vatican back in 1452.
Electronic Music Alliance Embraces Fight Against Belo Monte Dam
It's amazing how the universal language of music connects people from different believes, cultures, genders, and colors on one cause – in this case, against the Belo Monte dam.
UN Special Rapporteur: Who Will Protect Human Rights Defenders?
Indian Country Today | In her latest report she calls for swift action by States to "give full recognition to the important work carried out by defenders" and to "combat impunity for attacks and violations against these defenders."
Brazil's All-In Bet on Amazon Dams Jeopardizes Economic Growth
Business Week | Brazilian taxpayers can only wait to see if Rousseff's all-in bet on Amazon dams helps or hurts the nation. Arara, Krautler and thousands of others have already felt the damage. That's why Arara risks his life to fight Belo Monte.
A Journey for Clean Water
Jungle Dispatch | The years have passed slowly. When Emergildo was a child he saw the Texaco helicopters hovering above the forest canopy and thought they were "metal birds." Then he saw the rivers run black.
Solidarity with Brazilian Social Movements
Marchers protest against Brazil's backsliding on environmental and human rights policies
"This is a march of solidarity with the Brazilian social movements, human rights advocates, environmental activists, indigenous peoples, and peasant movements. And also in protest against the government's environmental policy."
Dilma Government Backsliding on Environment
As Rio+20 nears, Brazil’s Dilma shouts down critics and undermines her case
Are those of us concerned about the growing and dire threats to the Amazon and its peoples fantasizing about the president's dismal socio-environmental policies? She seems to think so.
The Trial and the Road to Justice
Jungle Dispatch | Under the spirited and watchful eye of los afectados por Texaco, more than 200,000 pages of court filings and evidence from the historic Aguinda v Chevron case was transferred to Ecuador's National Court of Justice in Quito.
Judge Suspends Construction License for Controversial Teles Pires Dam
Public Prosecutors and Federal Judge cite violations of indigenous peoples' rights, guaranteed by Brazilian Constitution and international law
Brasilia, Brazil – A federal judge in Brazil has suspended the construction license of the Teles Pires hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon, citing violations of the rights of the Kayabi, Apiaká and Mundurucu indigenous peoples whose livelihoods are seriously threatened by the project.
Amid Growing Challenges the Battle Continues to Defend Kayapo Territory
Endeavors to demarcate the ancestral indigenous lands known as Kapot Nhinore started 13 years ago, but the process has been foiled by unfulfilled promises, leading to a protracted struggle.
Indigenous Groups Fight for Recognition and Illumination in Peru
Mongabay.com | The amazing part of the Corrientes story is not the damage that has been done but that the people have fought back, learnt about what is happening, and are finally forcing the oil companies to clean up their act.
Chevron Is Runner-Up for Biggest "Corporate Fool" with the Worst Business Practices for 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Chevron Are Runners-Up in Facebook Balloting
Just in time for April Fool's Day, Green America announced the winners of its online contest to determine the biggest "Corporate Fool": Agricultural and chemical giant Monsanto came in first, followed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Chevron.
Ecuador's Indigenous Peoples March for Water, Life, and Dignity
Timed to arrive with World Water Day, the 15-day march was the first major indigenous mobilization in recent years and an indictment of President Rafael Correa's environmental and social policies.
"Beggars Sitting on a Sack of Gold?" Ecuadoreans Protest Mining
Indigenous from across Ecuador marched for 14 days into Quito to protest President Rafael Correa's plan to open large-scale mines on indigenous land.
Christian Science Monitor | Six years after working to elect Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, the country's indigenous population is now taking to the streets against the very government they helped bring to office.
Indigenous Peoples Reach Quito After 600-km March
Thousands of indigenous peoples led by CONAIE converged on Quito today, culminating a 15-day march demanding a new water law, land reform, and an end to open pit mining and new oil concessions.
Chevron, Transocean Charged in Brazilian Oil Spill
Reuters | A Brazilian federal prosecutor filed criminal charges on Wednesday against Chevron and drill-rig operator Transocean for a November oil spill, raising the stakes in a legal saga that has added to Chevron's woes in Latin America and could slow Brazil's offshore oil boom.
Caveat Emptor: Law Catches Up with Chevron in Brazil
Chevron is still pursuing its desperate fight to stonewall the process of justice in Ecuador, but in Brazil the company has found that escaping a similar pollution scandal is not so easy.
Chevron in Ecuador: Dirty Business
Emerging Markets | Environmental groups said it was time for Chevron to admit defeat. "Chevron is guilty and it needs to accept that fact. They have been trying to delay the verdict for years, but this is the end," says Paul Paz y Miño.
Brazil Bars Oil Workers From Leaving After Spill
The New York Times | A Brazilian court has ordered 17 employees from two American companies, the oil giant Chevron and the rig operator Transocean, to surrender their passports, barring them from leaving Brazil as authorities prepare to file criminal charges in days in connection with an offshore oil spill.
