Socialfunds.com | The delegation of ChevronTexaco (ticker: CVX) shareholders, after spending the morning of March 9, 2005 observing the judicial inspection of pits where waste from oil well 67 was dumped, stopped to give a lift to the kids bathing beneath the oil pipeline in the Rio Shushufindi.
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Scientists Protest Texaco Statement: They Argue the Company's Public Smear of Epidemiology Research was Designed to Influence a Court Case
The Scientist | Fifty scientists have submitted a letter to an epidemiology journal protesting a February statement from six scientists acting as consultants to ChevronTexaco that refuted recent peer-reviewed studies showing negative health effects of oil production activities in the Amazon.The oil giant's statement, which appeared in
Join us for the launch of a photo exhibit: Crude Reflections ChevronTexaco's Rainforest Legacy Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak Photo Exhibit - San Ramon, California April 25-28, 2005
Co-sponsors: Amnesty International, Sierra Club, the Amazon Defense Coalition, Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange, the Pachamama Alliance and Corporate Accountability International Monday, April 25, 2005 5-9 pm, Program 7 pmWhere: Fireside Room at Mudd's Restaurant (925) 837-9387 1
Oil Spread Upon the Waters of Ecuador May Return Harm for ChevronTexaco Shareholders A shareholder delegation surveys the environmental and social impact of oil operations, assessing potential risk from a twelve-year old lawsuit in its judicial inspect
www.socialfunds.com | The surface of the Rio Shushufindi, headwaters of the Amazon, glimmers with an iridescent sheen in patches while children splash in the shallows, bathing as a break from their daily journey hitchhiking from school back home.
Coalition Of Chevron Texaco Shareholders Gather Support For Resolution On Ecuadorian Contamination Controversy
Washington - People's suffering is bad for business; that is the opinion of a group of ChevronTexaco shareholders who for the second year in a row, have submitted a resolution asking the company to report on how it is addressing health and environmental concerns of communities affected by unremediated waste and other sources
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Scientists Denounce Tactics of Texaco and Its Academic Consultants in Ecuadorean Oil Dispute
The Chronicle of Higher Education | Fifty scientists have sent a letter to a journal of environmental and occupational health to decry the behavior of other researchers who have acted as consultants to ChevronTexaco in a dispute over oil drilling in Ecuador.
Chevron Texaco y la Destrucción de la Amazonia
Rebelion.org | En el “Juicio del Siglo”, el Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia (FDA) trata de lograr que la transnacional estadounidense Chevron Texaco asuma la responsabilidad por la destrucción ecológica y de vidas humanas que ha causado en la Amazonia ecuatoriana.
ChevronTexaco Resorts to Blackmail in Attempting to Win Historical Lawsuit in the Amazon
“Despite a series of high level conversations with ChevronTexaco representatives in August 2003, and the receipt of two demand letters in October, 2003 and March, 2004, the Republic of Ecuador and Petroecuador have failed to implement changes to their contractual obligations with ChevronTexaco and TexPet including obligatio
NGO Letter to IDB on Camisea Project Town Hall Meeting
March 11, 2005Mr. Dennis FlanneryExecutive Vice PresidentInter American Development Bank1300 New York Avenue, NWWashington, D.C.
ChevronTexaco on the Defensive Suit in Ecuador Alleges Drilling by Texaco Caused Environmental Damage in Amazon
San Francisco Chronicle | When Chevron merged with Texaco in 2001, it inherited a simmering environmental dispute in Ecuador that could cost the company billions. Texaco had dumped crude oil and water into open pits in a corner of the Amazon where the company drilled between 1964 and 1992. Now the combined company, based in
Convincing Confrontation Questions Texaco’s Results In Dramatic Moment, Texaco Doctors Refuse To Drink Community’s Water Samples, Despite Their Findings Of No Pollution
Quito, Ecuador – A large delegation of indigenous and traditional peoples from Ecuadorian Amazon affected by pollution caused by ChevronTexaco came to Quito today to expose the truth behind ChevronTexaco’s lies about the terrible pollution—and its cultural, social and economic impacts—that face nearly 30,000 peo
Chevron Denies Ecuador Claims
Energy Intelligence | ChevronTexaco said on Monday it "objects in the strongest possible manner to the irresponsible and unsubstantiated statements made by AmazonWatch and Steven Donziger" in their Jan. 28 news releases regarding an environmental lawsuit against the company in Ecuador.
En Momento Dramatico, Medicos de Texaco Rechazan Tomar Aguas de Sus Piscinas Despues de Haber Afirmado Que No Estan Contaminadas
Quito, Ecuador - Una numerosa delegación conformada por indígenas y colonos afectados por la contaminación provocada por la compañía ChevronTexaco en la Amazonia Ecuatoriana, arribaron a Quito a fin de enfrentar con la verdad las falacias de la transnacional norteamericana,en torno a la terrible contaminación e
Chevron Uses 'Junk Science'
Energy Intelligence | Lawyers representing plaintiffs in an environmental lawsuit against ChevronTexaco in Ecuador said the company is resorting to "junk science" to hide the "environmental disaster" it caused in the Amazon.According to the Amazon Defense Coalition, Chevron failed to test the site where it was alleged to have dumped refinin
In Historic $6 Billion Case, ChevronTexaco Resorts To “Junk Science" To Hide Environmental Disaster in The Ecuadorian Amazon -- ChevronTexaco's Technicians Avoid Testing For The Most Dangerous Toxins -- Damage Makes Exxon Valdez Look Like A “B
Also see Statement Released by the Attorney for the Plaintiffs(Quito and Lago Agrio, Ecuador) – A new scientific analysis submitted to Ecuadorian courts by technicians from ChevronTexaco-in a historic trial stemming from the world's largest oil-related disaster, demonstrates the company resorted to “junk scienc
Statement by Steven Donziger Member of the Legal Team for the Plaintiffs in the Case Against ChevronTexaco
“The latest technical reports by ChevronTexaco are typical of what we have seen over the long course of this litigation. They are intended to hide environmental crimes, delay the judicial process, manipulate science, and create fictitious standards that have no basis in law.
Summary--ChevronTexaco Resorts To “Junk Science” To Hide Environmental Disaster in The Amazon, says the Amazon Defense Coalition
Quito, Ecuador – A scientific analysis submitted to Ecuadorian courts by technicians from ChevronTexaco demonstrates the company resorted to “junk science” to hide its environmental disaster in the Amazon, say technical experts for the Amazon Defense Coalition, the group representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit agains
ChevronTexaco Sigue con las Mismas Falsedades sobre la Contaminación que Provocó en la Amazonia Informes Judiciales Elaborados Por Técnicos Norteamericanos Manipulan La Ciencia En Forma Predecible Estrategia Clara: Ignoran a los tóxicos más graves
Quito y Lago Agrio, Ecuador - Un análisis de los primeros cuatro informes de ChevronTexaco en las inspecciones jurídicas demuestran numerosas falsedades y manipulaciones como táctica de la compañia Norteamericana, a fin de evitar toda responsabilidad en el peor desastre ambiental causado en el mundo en Ecuador, llamada ?/p>
Indigenous Protests Shut Down Hearings for Controversial Oil & Gas Project in Peruvian Amazon Indigenous Leaders Travel to Lima to Discuss Recent Spill, Landslides and Violation of Their Rights
Shivankoreni, Peru - Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon recently shut down public hearings for the extension of the Camisea project in protest over failures by the government and companies – namely Pluspetrol and Hunt Oil – to address major impacts caused by the original project.
Peru: Government Suspends Public Audiences with Indigenous Communities Over Camisea 2 Environmental Impact Assessment
www.servindi.org | In spite of having everything in place, the Ministry of Energy and Mines felt obliged yesterday to suspend public audiences to discuss the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Block 56, named Camisea 2, because of peaceful protest by Urubamba indigenous communities and farmers who refused to participate.
Judicial Inspections Reinitiated Against ChevronTexaco in Ecuador
Nueva Loja/Lago Agrio, Ecuador- On January 26, the first judicial inspection of the year will take place at one of the first installations constructed by Texaco in Ecuador in the early 1970s. On January 14, the President of the Superior Court of Nueva Loja, Dr.
COMARU Pronunciamiento: No Participaremos en la Audiencia Publica Para la Amplicación del Proyecto Camisea
A la opinión pública nacional e internacional:Las Comunidades Nativas del pueblo indígena Machiguengas del Bajo Urubamba hacen de conocimiento publico que: debido a la falta de interés por parte del gobierno hacia los justos reclamos de nuestra población por los problemas con el proyecto del Gas de Camisea ha caus
Indígenas Solicitan Suspender Audiencia por Lote 56 de Hidrocarburos en Bosque Tropical del Urubamba Denuncian que Camisea es una Coladera y Exigen que Previamente Se Esclarezcan las Causas del Derrame de Condensados Liquidos Ocurrido el 22 de Diciembre
www.Servindi.org | Un conjunto de organizaciones indígenas y ganaderas pidieron al Ministro de Energía y Minas (MEM) suspender la audiencia pública del Estudio de Impacto Ambiental (EIA) del Lote 56 mientras no se esclarezcan las causas del reciente derrame de hidrocarburos y se adopten otras medidas pertinentes.
Osinerg Podría Dictar Medida Cautelar que Paralizaría Camisea
La Republica | Derrame en Urubamba• Sanción se produciría si descubren que existen fallas técnicas en ductos que pongan en riesgo la seguridad de la zona.
Liquid Gas from Camisea Spills Into Peruvian Jungle River
AFP | A pipeline transporting liquid gas from the controversial Camisea project in southeastern Peru burst and spilled an unknown amount of liquid into a jungle river, officials said here.The spill affected the Urubamba river some 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Lima in the province of Cusco, the Ministry of Energy and Mi
COMARU Communique on Camisea Oil Spill
TGP PROVOKES PETROLEUM SPILL IN THE URUBAMBA VALLEYThe Machiguenga Committee of Lower Urubamba – COMARU makes public that on the 22nd of December there was a petroleum spill of major proportion stemming from the Camisea gas pipeline that transports hydrocarbons from the Las Malvinas plant in the Urubamba River to the
Inspecciones Judiciales Concluyen con la Recoleccion de Muestras en la Estacion Shushufindi Norte
Con la presencia de aproximadamente 70 personas entre nacionalidades Secoya, Siona, Cofán y colonos afectados por las operaciones realizadas por Texaco, se cumplió la décimo cuarta inspección judicial en el “Juicio del Siglo”, en la estación Shushufindi Norte, ubicada a 4 Kilómetros del Cantón Shushufindi; culmin
El Caso Texaco Cierra un Ciclo de Inspecciones
El Comercio | Redacción Nueva Loja...El reconocimiento judicial a la estación Shushufindi Norte puso fin a las inspecciones judiciales dispuestas por la Corte Superior de Justicia de Nueva Loja para este año. Ayer, las partes llegaron muy temprano a la estación petrolera, que actualmente es operada por Petroproducción.
Scientists Reveal Devastating Proof of Toxins In Suit Against ChevronTexaco in Ecuador... High Levels of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found In “Remediated” Waste Pits
Quito, Ecuador – The harrowing results of one of the first judicial inspections of the areas contaminated by ChevronTexaco in Ecuador were announced today at a press conference at the Hotel Quito by scientist Edison Camino, one of the experts appointed by the Superior Court of Nueva Loja, Ecuador, where the “Trial of the
