La Voz de la Selva | Con ocho votos a favor y una abstención el Concejo Municipal provincial de Datém del Marañon aprobó la ordenanza municipal 0012-2008-CM-MPDM, que establece el procedimiento autónomo de ordenamiento y zonificación territorial para los pueblos indígenas de esta provincia.La decisión municipal ha sido calificada c
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Bianca Jagger Shares Honour
The Guardian | Bianca Jagger, a leading Latin American environmental scientist and a Russian civil rights organisation are this year's winners of what has become known as the alternative Nobel prize. The Right Livelihood award, worth £150,000, is presented annually by the Swedish parliament.
Amazon Watch Calls on ChevronTexaco to Address Cancer Outbreak in Ecuador New Health Study Finds Child Cancer Rising Rapidly in Area Where ChevronTexaco Operated 91 Child Cancer Cases Reported, Many Under Age of 5 Study Released During $6 Billion Law
San Francisco, CA — A study published by the prestigious International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, released during a historic $6 billion trial in Ecuador against ChevronTexaco (NYSE CVX), found that 91 children have been diagnosed with cancer, particularly leukemia, where Texaco (now ChevronTexaco) dum
Incidence of Childhood Leukemia and Oil Exploitation in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador ANNA-KARIN HURTIG, DRPH, MIGUEL SAN SEBASTIÁN, PHD
A study published by the prestigious International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, released during a historic $6 billion trial in Ecuador against ChevronTexaco (NYSE CVX), found that 91 children have been diagnosed with cancer, particularly leukemia, where Texaco (now ChevronTexaco) dumped millions of gallon
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
True Colors, Shining Through Schwarzenegger at an Environmental Crossroads
Grist.com | Arnold Schwarzenegger's exuberant speech last Tuesday at the Republican National Convention suggested that the Governator may be less the moderate Republican than advertised.
Chevron Influenced Schwarzenegger Reorganization Plan, Made Large Contributions
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Court Goes to Oil Fields in Ecuador Pollution Suit
New York Times | A Joya de las Sachas, Ecuador - Hidalgo Zurita watched as half a dozen technicians in white hazardous-materials suits used a motorized drill to search for oil - in his yard in this small Amazon town. To his dismay, Mr. Zurita, 46, a cattle trader, has readily found oil.
Se Reinician las Inspecciones Judiciales
Así los dispuso el Presidente de la Corte Superior de Nueva LojaMediante providencia el Presidente de la Corte Superior de Nueva Loja, doctor Efraín Novillo, dispuso el reinicio de las inspecciones judiciales en los pozos que fueron operados por Texaco, dentro del juicio que las comunidades afectadas están llevando
Más Muestras de Agua Se Tomaron en el Caso Texaco
El Comercio | Redacción Orellana Ayer, como parte de la diligencia judicial se tomaron muestras de tierra y agua del pozo Sachas 21, que está dentro del juicio que se sigue en contra de Chevron Texaco. Los peritos contaron con tiempo para realizar su trabajo, pues desde las primeras horas se centraron en la inspección.
Entrevista: Efraín Novillo, Presidente de la Corte de Justicia de Nueva Loja
El Comercio | Efraín Novillo Presidente de la Corte de Justicia de Nueva Loja Otra inspección será en 15 días ¿Se ha logrado cumplir lo previsto en las dos primeras inspecciones? Sí, se ha cumplido el cronograma de inspecciones solicitado por las partes de forma conjunta.
Inspecciones Petroleras Se Reanudarán Próximo Mes Ampliar Imagen
El Universo | Con la ratificación de argumentos de las partes demandante y demandada dentro del juicio que enfrenta Chevron Texaco por contaminación ambiental, terminó la segunda jornada de la primera etapa de inspecciones judiciales.El pozo 21 del campo Sacha sirvió ayer para que los técnicos, contratados por las dos partes, t
Judge, Lawyers Trek into Amazon in Pollution Lawsuit Ecuadorean Indians Take on ChevronTexaco
MSNBC News | La Joya de los Sachas, Ecuador - After a decade of court battles, lawyers on Wednesday took a lawsuit by Ecuadorean Indians against ChevronTexaco into the Amazon forest. Scientists started taking soil samples, hoping to prove, or disprove, that a Texaco subsidiary contaminated groundwater supplies during its oil o
Ecuadorean Lawsuit Vs Texaco Boils Down to Science
Reuters | La Joya de los Sachas, Ecuador - After a decade of court battles, lawyers on Wednesday took a lawsuit by Ecuadorean Indians accusing U.S. oil firm ChevronTexaco C Corp.
Update on ChevronTexaco Trial and Inspections: Phase II of ChevronTexaco’s “Rainforest Chernobyl” Trial is underway As the judge begins official “Inspections” of ChevronTexaco’s contamination in Ecuador’s Amazon, local Bay Area residents s
Ten months after the “Rainforest Chernobyl” trial began in the Supreme Court in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, the judicial inspections – marking Phase II of the trial – began yesterday at one of Texaco’s former oil camps, Campo Sacha in Joya de las Sachas, in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Texaco: Ayer Se Inspeccionó el Pozo 6 en Joya de los Sachas
El Comercio | Redacción Orellana Secoyas, cofanes y colonos llegaron ayer al barrio Santa Rosa, en La Joya de los Sachas, provincia de Orellana. La presencia de militares y policías de Nueva Loja delataba que algo iba a suceder.
Campesino Hace Zancadilla a Texaco en Medio de Juicio
El Comercio | Joya de los Sachas, AP Un campesino puso hoy una zancadilla a la empresa estadounidense Texaco que intenta demostrar que las acusaciones por daño ambiental en su contra son infundadas.Mientras los delegados de la compañía y de los demandantes revisaban silenciosamente uno de los sitios en los cuales se realiz
Justicia Inspecciona Areas Contaminadas por Texaco
El Comercio | Quito, AFPLa justicia del país, que tramita una querella contra la petrolera Texaco por presuntos daños ambientales en la Amazonia nacional, concluyó el jueves una primera ronda de inspección de áreas supuestamente contaminadas por la empresa estadounidense.En medio de alegatos entre acusados y acusadore
Punto de Vista: Bianca Jagger, Activista de Derechos Humanos
El Comercio | Punto de vista Bianca Jagger Activista de derechos Humanos Nuestro objetivo es que el presidente de la Corte haga la inspección de las piscinas contaminadas que dejó Texaco. Hoy vimos el esfuerzo de Chevron Texaco de buscar todos los obstáculos para impedir la inspección.
Phase II of ChevronTexaco’s “Rainforest Chernobyl” Trial to Begin Tomorrow as the judge begins official “Inspections” of ChevronTexaco’s contamination in Ecuador’s Amazon, local Bay Area residents stage “Mock Inspection” in front of t
WHAT: Lively and colorful street theater dramatizing Part II of the historical trial against ChevronTexaco for creating a “Rainforest Chernobyl” in Ecuador. This mock inspection will include a skit with the following actors: Ecuadorian judge, lawyers, technical experts, affected peoples and supporters.
Plaintiffs in Ecuador Oil Trial Reject ChevronTexaco Charges of Evidence Tampering
Associated Press | Lago Agrio, Ecuador - A lawyer for plaintiffs demanding that California-based ChevronTexaco clean up a polluted swath of the Amazon jungle rejected allegations made by an oil company lawyer Tuesday that the plaintiffs tampered with evidence.The exchange of barbs came a day before an Ecuadorean judge hearing the case pl
El Arbitraje Interpuesto por la Texaco Se Complica para el País
El Comercio | ¿Ecuador se despojó de su inmunidad a ser procesado o sometido a un arbitraje internacional el 27 de agosto de 1993?, la pregunta la tienen que analizar y resolver las autoridades ecuatorianas.
Texaco y Sus Demandantes Intercambian Acusaciones en Ecuador
El Universo | Lago Agrio -Abogados de Chevron Texaco y de la parte que acusa a esta compañía petrolera estadounidense de contaminar la selva amazónica ecuatoriana, intercambiaron el martes acusaciones antes de que se inicien las inspecciones judiciales en el terreno.
Ecuador To Begin Inspections In Lawsuit Vs ChevronTexaco
Dow Jones Newswires | Quito - Judicial authorities in Ecuador are preparing to inspect oil wells formerly operated by Texaco as part of a slow-moving lawsuit filed by local inhabitants in the Amazon against U.S.-based ChevronTexaco Corp.
Hunt-Led Group Begins Moving Gas from Peru's Camisea Pipeline
Bloomberg News | A Hunt Oil Co.-led group is set to begin pumping natural gas from the $1.6 billion Camisea field in Peru's Amazon rainforest, the culmination of a 20-year project that was delayed by guerrilla warfare and political opposition.Dallas-based Hunt Oil, together with partners from Argentina, South Korea and Algeria, today w
Enviromental Organizations Called on the Bush Administration and the IDB to Stop Financial Aid to the Camisea Gas Project
Petroleumworld.com | Environmental and human rights organizations from the United States and Peru, in letters to Undersecretary of the U.S.
NGO Letter to the IDB on Camisea Companies' Failure to Comply with Loan Conditions
The following joint letter was sent to the IDB on July 30th by international NGOs as a response to the IDB’s public posting of Camisea loan conditions fulfillment.
