San Francisco, CA - Members of Amazon Watch, Communities for a Better Environment, Project Underground and concerned community residents from around the Bay Area gathered outside of the World Affairs Council’s Annual Dinner at the Hilton Hotel in downtown San Francisco today to protest this years awardee...ChevronTexaco.
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Amazonian Leaders Delegation Summary and Reflection
BackgroundAfter filing a historic lawsuit in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, on May 7th, 2003, a 12-person delegation of indigenous leaders and campesinos – representing 30,000 rainforest peoples – traveled thousands of miles to ChevronTexaco’s hometown in San Ramon, CA to seek justice for the massive toxic dumping in
Updated Schedule of Events for Ecuador Delegation to the Bay Area
Wednesday, May 7- -Delegation arrives in San Francisco Friday, May 9- -6:30-8:30pm, Meet and Greet reception for the delegation at the Peace Lutheran ChurchPeace Lutheran Church3201 Camino Tassajara RdDanville, CA 94506(925) 648-7000Tuesday, May 13- -11am, Press Conferen
Indigenous Ecuadoreans ask ChevronTexaco to Clean Up Rain Forest
Associated Press Newswires | San Ramon, California - Leaders of Ecuadorean indigenous communities who claim ChevronTexaco destroyed their rain forest home during decades of oil drilling have asked residents in the company's own hometown to press for a clean up of the mess.Flanked by local residents and environmental activists on Thursday, th
ChevronTexaco’s Hometown Offers Resounding Sendoff to Rainforest Ecuadorians as They Vow to Return for Meeting with CEO David O’Reilly Local Clergy Calls On Chevron to Act with “Conscience” and Meet Indigenous Leaders Local Citizens and Studen
San Ramon – After two weeks of meetings with the Ecuadorian delegates affected by operations of ChevronTexaco, religious leaders and other residents in the San Ramon-Danville area today agreed to organize a fact-finding mission to their Amazon communities.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Ecuadoran Wants Chevron to Fix Oil Damage Inflicted on Amazon / Ecuadoran Takes Rain Forest Plea to Chevron
The San Francisco Chronicle | Bay Area - Eduardo Silvio Chapal Quintera has traveled more than 3,000 miles by foot, canoe, bus and plane from his village in the Ecuadoran Amazon in hopes of telling ChevronTexaco's CEO David O'Reilly how destructive oil drilling has been to his land and his people.As he stands on the manicured lawn of ChevronT
Ecuadorians Demand Meeting
Contra CostaTimes | The president of the Secoya Federation is a baby-faced 24-year-old who has traveled from the Ecuadorian rain forest to take on one of the Tri-Valley's biggest corporate citizens.Wilmer Marbin Piaguaje said ChevronTexaco Corp.
Protest and Rally at ChevronTexaco's World Headquarters to protest its oil operations and its war on communities around the world.
Join the delegation of Amazonian leaders from Ecuador in a protest at the gates ChevronTexaco to demand that ChevronTexaco clean up its mess in the Amazon.Thursday, May 22, at 12 noonChevronTexaco World Headquarters6001 Bollinger Canyon Road in San Ramon, CAAs ChevronTexaco shareholders and Board of
Amazonians Adjust to America
Tri-Valley Herald | San Ramon - Back home in the Oriente region of the Ecuadorean Amazon rain forest, members of the Cofan tribe walk for as long as 45 minutes to retrieve potable water.Here in San Ramon, it takes only a few seconds to turn on the tap.Such differences in culture are astounding to a group of native E
ChevronTexaco’s Hometown Rallies Behind Ecuador Indigenous Delegation Amazon Rainforest Destruction Twice the Size of the Exxon Valdez Press Conference and March to Company headquarters Thursday at 11am
Dressed in “traditional attire,” Toribio Aguinda, Wilmer Piaguaje, and seven other indigenous and forest community leaders from Ecuador, together with supporters, will engage in a final “barnstorm” tour of San Ramon to rally community support and call on ChevronTexaco CEO David O’Reilly for a meeting to resolve thei
Analysis: Small Court in Ecuador a Possible Stage for $1 Billion Lawsuit Against ChevronTexaco
NPR: All Things Considered | ECUADORIANS IN SAN RAMONWHAT: News ConferenceWHEN: 11 a.m.
Ecuadorians Win Support in Tri-Valley for Meeting with Chevron CEO David O’Reilly But Chevron Chief Continues To Ignore Request For Meeting, Angering Indians Who Vow To Go To His Home And Lobby Neighbors Vice-Mayor Jerry Cambra To Offer Official City
San Ramon – The 12 Ecuadorian rainforest leaders who traveled thousands of miles from the Amazon jungle to San Ramon have made significant headway in their campaign for public support in the Tri-Valley area, although the main person they want to meet with –ChevronTexaco CEO David O’Reilly – has ignored them comp
“Our People are Dying…We Can wait No Longer” A Real-Life “David v Goliath” Story: Amazon Rainforest People Trek Thousands of Miles to Seek Justice for Environmental Disaster Twice the Size of the Exxon Valdez By foot, canoe, bus, car and jet,
Lago Agrio, Ecuador and San Ramon, CA – After filing a historic lawsuit charging ChevronTexaco with massive toxic dumping in the Amazon Rainforest, a 12-person delegation of indigenous leaders and campesinos – representing 30,000 rainforest peoples – is traveling thousands of miles to ChevronTexaco’s hometown to seek
Big Oil's Dirty Secrets - Oil's Dark Side
The Economist | Corporate ethicsThe ethics of the oil industry are coming under unprecedented scrutinyEVEN as it celebrates soaring profits - thanks to higher prices during the war - and soaring share prices, now war is over, the oil industry faces a new danger largely of its own creation.
Ecuadorean Indians Sue Texaco
BBC NEWS | A group of Ecuadorean Indians is filing a billion-dollar lawsuit in Quito against the US oil giant, ChevronTexaco.They accuse the company of destroying large areas of rainforest and contaminating local land and rivers.They are also alleging the company's activities have led to an increased risk of ca
Suit Says ChevronTexaco Dumped Poisons in Ecuador
The New York Times | A group of American lawyers representing more than 30,000 indigenous people in Ecuador filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the ChevronTexaco Corporation yesterday.The suit was filed in Ecuador on behalf of 88 plaintiffs in Lago Agrio, a small oil town in northern Ecuador, and asserts that during two decades of operation
Ecuadorean Court to Handle Villagers vs. ChevronTexaco
The Los Angeles Times | Quito, Ecuador - Lawyers representing some 30,000 impoverished Ecuadoreans are expected to sue ChevronTexaco Corp. today, accusing the second-largest U.S.
Case in Ecuador Viewed As Key Pollution Fight -U.S. Legal Team Suing ChevronTexaco
The Washington Post | For tourists wanting to see the Ecuadoran Amazon, Lago Agrio is a major jumping off point.
ChevronTexaco Facing Trial in Ecuador Court for Billion-Dollar Rainforest Destruction U.S. Federal Court: Ecuador Decision and Judgment Enforceable in the United States Lawyers: Damages Could Exceed the $5 Billion of the Exxon Valdez -- Major Health P
Lago Agrio, Ecuador - ChevronTexaco will face off against indigenous Ecuadorians in an Ecuadorian court and the stakes are massive.
ChevronTexaco Faces Billion-Dollar Lawsuit In Ecuador
Dow Jones Business News | New York - A tiny courthouse in an isolated pocket of the Amazon could soon hold the key to a billion-dollar lawsuit against U.S. oil giant ChevronTexaco Corp. (NYSE:CVX - News).
USA: ChevronTexaco Faces $5 Bln Ecuador Pollution Suit
Reuters English News Service | New York - ChevronTexaco (CVX.N) next week will begin its defense in a multibillion dollar legal battle in Ecuador against accusations it has polluted portions of the country's Amazon region, the company said.
'Sour Lake' Suit Finally Gets Trial -- in Ecuador/ChevronTexaco Accused of Amazon Dumping
SF Chronicle | When Texaco quit drilling in Ecuador in 1992 after nearly 30 years, it left behind what critics describe as an enormous toxic dump of 1.8 million gallons of spilled crude oil – almost twice the size of the Exxon Valdez spill.But next Tuesday, 30,000 jungle residents of Ecuador and Peru whose natural surrounding
Mass Non-Violent Direct Action at ChevronTexaco HQ Connects Chevron's Toxic Terrorism Around the World with Corporate Led "Second Invasion" of Iraq
Bay Area Anti-War Activists Mobilize en Masse to Re-affirm Opposition to the Illegal War and Occupation of IraqSan Ramon, CA – As the Bush administration instigates a full-scale occupation of Iraq and fires verbal warning shots at Syria, hundreds of Bay area residents participated in a mass non-violent direct a
ChevronTexaco Headquarters: Next Bay Area Action for Anti-War Activists-- Concerned Citizens Hold Press Conference at Richmond Refinery to Declare NO War in Iraq and NO Toxic War in Our Communities!
Richmond, CA - Representatives of Direct Action to Stop the War, Richmond community members affected by ChevronTexaco’s refinery, Labor, and citizens concerned with ChevronTexaco’s worldwide operations held a press conference in front of the Chevron Refinery at 841 Chevron Way today at 11am to announce a massive non-viole
Protesters Take Aim at ChevronTexaco Activists Plan to Shut Down Headquarters in San Ramon on April 14
Tri-Valley Herald | San Ramon - Anti-war protesters will target key corporate, military and governmental sites in the East Bay today.ChevronTexaco is not on the organizers' list for the national day of civil disobedience.
Ecuadorean Activists Berate ChevronTexaco Protesters Claim Oil Company Based in San Ramon Has Induced an Environmental Crisis
Tri-Valley Herald | San Ramon - Braving the rainfall, activists protested at headquarters of ChevronTexaco on Friday afternoon for oil contamination in Ecuador, which they said was twice as severe as the damage caused by the Exxon Valdez tanker crash. But the Ecuadorean crisis, activists assert, is not an accident.
ChevronTexaco Polluted Amazon, Group Says Ecuadorean Activists Face an August 2003 Deadline on Filing $600 Million Lawsuit
Contra Costa Times | San Francisco - Three Ecuadorean activists came to the Bay Area to cultivate public outrage against ChevronTexaco Corp., which they accuse of polluting the Amazon rain forest and poisoning 55,000 Indians."Texaco came to our home and destroyed our land, our territory," Toribio Aguinda, a leader of the Cofan tribe, told
Natives Seek Redress for Pollution Ecuadorans Blame Texaco for Environmental Destruction
Oakland Tribune | San Francisco, CA - Oil drilling has so damaged the environment in Ecuador that water is contaminated, few fish or game are edible and cancer cases are on the rise, tribal leaders from Ecuador and U.S. activists alleged Monday.
“Our People are Dying…We Can Wait No Longer” Ecuadorian Indigenous Leaders Arrive in Bay Area to Implore ChevronTexaco to Clean Up Toxic Waste in Amazon Region -- Leaders vow: “CLEAN UP. PAY UP. AND NEVER COME BACK!” as the petroleum polluter c
San Francisco, CA – As ChevronTexaco contemplates renewed operations in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, indigenous leaders, representing 30,000 people, today traveled to San Francisco to tell the petroleum giant: “CLEAN UP. PAY UP.
