BNAmericas | Peru's ministry of mines and energy has invited international NGOs to come to Peru and see the environmental monitoring of the Camisea natural gas project at first hand, the ministry said in a statement.Peru's government and the Camisea consortium, led by Argentina's Pluspetrol, are currently lobbying the Inter-America
Corporate Accountability
The Position of US Environmental Organizations in Respect to The Camisea Gas Project in the Peruvian Amazon Public Funds Should Not Fund Amazon Rainforest Destruction
The United States government will soon consider whether or not to finance a natural gas project along the Camisea river in Peru that will cause irreparable damage to pristine forests and rivers and expose indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation to unwanted contact.The U.S.
Texas Firms Line Up U.S. Aid in Peru Gas Project's Damage to Rain Forest Assailed
The Washington Post | Two Texas energy companies, both closely tied to the Bush White House, are lining up administration support for nearly $900 million in public financing for a Peruvian natural gas project that will cut through one of the world's most pristine tropical rain forests.A top priority of Peruvian officials, who view it as key
NGO Statement on the Camisea Project, Peru
TO: Inter-American Development Bank Executive DirectorsExport-Import Bank Board of DirectorsFROM: Amazon Watch, Bank Information Center, Environmental Defense, Friends of the Earth, Institute for Policy Studies, Rainforest Action NetworkDATE: November 1, 2002RE: NGO Statement on the Camisea Project,
Company Barges Drown Machiguenga Girl Pluspetrol and Hunt Oil Negligence Results in Tragedy
Barges belonging to the Argentinean energy company Pluspetrol operating on Peru’s Urubamba River caused the death of a Machiguenga girl in the community of Kirigueti on August 24, 2002.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 28 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Findings of the International NGO Delegation on the Camisea Gas Project
Download report in pdf format (52 k)This report stems from a field mission from August 8 – 13, 2002 to the Lower Urubamba region to investigate the social and environmental impacts of the Camisea Gas Project by a del
Informe de la Delegación Internacional de ONGs sobre el Proyecto de Gas
Download report in pdf format (52 k)Este informe procede de una misión de campo a la región de Bajo Urubamba desde el 8 hasta el 13 de agosto de 2002 para investigar los impactos sociales y ambientales del Proyecto
EVALUATION: The Inter-American Development Bank’s Public Consultation on the Camisea Gas Project, Camisea
Institute for Policy Studies and Amazon Watch were invited by the Machiguenga Council of the Urubamba River (COMARU) to be present as independent observers at the Inter-American Development Bank’s Public Consultation on Peru’s Camisea Gas Project held in the community of Camisea on August 12, 2002.
EXIM Bank Urged to Deny Government Loan to Egregious Energy Project in the Amazon Peru's Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples Threatened by Massive Camisea Gas Project
Washington, DC - The Argentinean energy giant, Pluspetrol and its partners arrived in Washington this week to meet with ExIm Bank of the United States to drum up financing for its Camisea gas project and pipelines in Peru.
Pressure is also on the Inter-American Development Bank to deny funding for Camisea
Enrique V. IglesiasPresidentInter-American Development BankWashington, D.C. 20577U.S.A.Dear Enrique V.
Independent Evaluation of Peru's Camisea Gas Project Reveals Violations of World Bank Environmental Standards
Download Report: English Version (pdf)(400kb) Versión en Español (pdf)(398 kb) The following repor
Transcript of Audio Recording of Unanounced Meeting between Pluspetrol and a Nahua Community Living in Voluntary Isolation
SHINAI SERJALI, LIMAJosé Luis Carbajal (Community relations coordinator for Pluspetrol)Today, I have come accompanied by Pluspetrol’s medic, our pilot Pedro and our cameraman, Alberto.
An Independent Environmental and Social Assessment of the Camisea Gas Project - By: Patricia B. Caffrey
Commissioned by Peruvian indigenous organizations:The Machiguenga Council of the Urubamba River (COMARU) and the Inter-Ethnic Association of the Peruvian Amazon (AIDESEP)ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:Many individuals and their organizations with a broad array of experiences and knowledge have contributed to and e
Estudio Ambiental y Social Independiente de Proyecto de Gas Camisea
Por: Patricia B. CaffreyPor encargo de las organizaciones indígenas del Perú: Consejo Machiguenga del Rio Urubamba (COMARU) y la Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP)CONTENIDO 2RECONOCIMIENTOS 3I. RESUMEN EJECUTIVO 4II.
Ecuadoreans Want $1 billion Texaco Suit Heard in US
Energy Compass | About 30,000 residents of Ecuador's oil-producing Oriente region have launched an appeal in a US district court aimed at bringing a $1 billion class-action suit against Texaco in the US.
Amazon Residents Pursue Case Against Texaco
Oil Daily | An appeal being heard by a US District Court in New York, filed by thousands of residents of Ecuador's Amazon region against Texaco, may result in the first time that an US corporation is held accountable in this country for environmental damages caused in another country.Thousands of residents of Ecuador's oil-produci
Just Tourists on Broadway, but Barefoot and Craving Roast Monkey
New York Times | Ecuadorean Indians traveled about 3,000 miles to attend a hearing in courtin Manhattan about a lawsuit over pollution on their land.
Ecuador Indigenous Groups in New York for Major Showdown with ChevronTexaco Billions at Stake as Tribal Leaders Press Groundbreaking Lawsuit Before Appeals Court Assert Texaco Ruined Their Rivers and Land Destroying Their Centuries-Old Way of Life
New York - Indian tribal leaders from the Amazon region of Ecuador arrive in New York March 11, for a major courtroom showdown with Chevron-Texaco over a billion-dollar lawsuit charging that Texaco (which emerged with Chevron in 2001) caused widespread devastation to the rainforest environment and dramatically increased the r
Lawyer for Ecuador Urges Case Against Texaco be Tried in United States
Associated Press | New York - A lawyer for Ecuador urged a federal appeals court on Monday to let lawsuits seeking more than a billion dollars brought by Ecuadorean Indians against Texaco Inc. proceed in the United States.The New York-based lawyer, Ronald Minkoff, told the 2nd U.S.
Ecuador: Glimmer of Hope
Energy Compass | If it's not being pressured in the north by incursions from left-wing Colombian rebels or in the south by political tensions with neighboring Peru – with which it's been to war three times since World War II, most recently in 1995 – Ecuador faces protests from disaffected locals.
FTC Finally Clears Way for $35 Billion Chevron-Texaco Merger
Oil and Gas Journal Online | Houston - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finally approved a consent order clearing the way for Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc. to complete their merger into ChevronTexaco Corp. through a $35 billion stock-swap, company officials said Friday.
Ecuadorean Groups Challenge Chevron-Texaco Merger
Oil Daily | Ecuadorean communities have taken to the US airwaves since late last week to oppose the merger of Chevron and Texaco.
US Judge Dismisses Amazon Texaco Lawsuit
Oil Daily | After eight years in litigation, Texaco prevailed in getting a US District Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by South American Indians in Ecuador and Peru against the US oil company for polluting their water and land in and downstream from the oil-producing Oriente region.Instead of trying the case in Manhattan
Judge Throws Out Pollution Suit Brought by Ecuadorans Against Texaco
Dow Jones Newswires | New York - A federal judge has dismissed the Ecuadoran Indians' 1993 pollution lawsuit against oil company Texaco Inc., saying the case shouldn't be heard in U.S. courts.The decision is a blow to the Ecuadoran Indians, who had argued that their government is too dependent on oil revenue to hear the case fairly.
Amazon Tribal Leaders Blast U.S. Judge for Blocking Texaco Pollution Case Vow to Appeal Latest Decision as Health Problems and Cancers in Ecuador Mount from Texaco Drilling Practices Potential Multi-billion Dollar Liability from Lawsuit Poses Obstacle
New York, New York - A landmark legal battle to force Texaco to clean up oil contamination that is devastating the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador took a new twist today when leaders of affected Indian tribes blasted Federal Judge Jed Rakoff as biased for dismissing the case to Ecuador and vowed to appeal.
Judge Dismisses Indians Suits against Texaco
Reuters | New York - A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed lawsuits against Texaco (NYSE:TX - news) brought by rainforest Indians of Ecuador and Peru who alleged the oil company contaminated their water and land. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said that the cases should be brought in Ecuador instead of the United States.
Chevron's Board Urged to Disclose Texaco's Liabilities in the Ecuadorian Amazon in the Merger Proceedings Evidence Detailing More than Three Hundred and Fifty Contaminated Sites Handed to Chevron's Chairman
Los Angeles, CA - Chevron's Board of Directors were put on notice at the company's annual meeting yesterday that the company is legally required to notify the SEC and their shareholders of the law suit and the environmental liabilities it would inherit following the merger with Texaco with respect to hundreds of contaminated
Le Urgieron a la Junta Directiva de Chevron que se Divulgaran las Responsabilidades de Texaco en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana Durante los Procedimientos de Fusión (Merger) Evidencia Detallando Más de Trescientos Cincuenta Sitios Contaminados Heredados por e
Los Angeles, CA - Se le aviso a la Junta Directiva de Chevron que se requiere que la compañía notifique legalmente a la Comisión de Seguridades e Intercambio (SEC) – una agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos – y a accionistas de Chevron sobre el juicio y las responsabilidades ecológicas que heredaría
