Los Angeles Times | A new study says the environmental cost of Texaco's oil drilling is higher than thought.Bogota, Colombia — Lawyers for about 30,000 Ecuadoreans suing ChevronTexaco Corp.
Ecuador
Scientist Recommends Petroecuador Face Pollution Trial
Associated Press | Lago Agrio, Ecuador - A Spanish scientist working with plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing Texaco of polluting part of Ecuador's Amazon jungle said Wednesday that the company's former partner – state-owned Petroecuador – should also face trial.
Delegation of East Bay Religious and Labor Leaders to Travel to Ecuador to Witness ChevronTexaco’s Oil Damage in Amazon Rainforest
Mission to Coincide with Presiding Judge’s Visits to Oil Fields in Historic Environmental Trial against the Oil Giant in EcuadorPart of Expanding Exchange between Ecuadorian Indigenous Communities and East Bay Residents Concerned about ChevronTexaco’s OperationsInterviews, Video footage, high-resolution digi
Oil Major Forced to Answer Amazon Charge of Damaging the Environment
Financial Times | On the fourth floor of a rundown building in a small town in Ecuador, a courtroom has been freshly painted and newly furnished.The decision being taken in this nondescript building will have far-reaching repercussions for the oil industry and developing nations where oil companies have long operated.It is Judge
The Week of Truth for ChevronTexaco. Testimonies Continue, Remediation Costs are Presented and the Plaintiffs Mobilize. Bianca Jagger, international human rights leader, returns to Ecuador to show her support for the people affected by ChevronTexaco
The Week of Truth for ChevronTexaco begins today in the Superior Court of Lago Agrio.The lawyers for the plaintiffs suing ChevronTexaco will be available three times a day to inform the press of what will be presented each day and what occurred throughout the day; at 8am at the Grand Hotel of Lago, at noon in front of
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Ex-Energy Minister Says Texaco Knew it was Polluting Amazon
San Francisco Chronicle | Texaco knew it was damaging the environment when it launched operations in the Amazon jungle three decades ago, a former energy minister testified Monday in a civil trial against California-based ChevronTexaco. Retired army Gen.
Summary of most recent and complete study of Texaco’s Operations in the Ecuadorian Amazon Conducted by Petroecuador and Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia
This study was conducted to show the reality of life in the Amazon due to the contamination from oil camps and wells operated by Texaco. From this study, it is known that of the 1,017 families visited 957 are affected, 57 are not, and 3 famiies did not respond due to lack of information on the subject.
Showdown in the Ecuadoran Jungle - Rare Class-Action Pollution Trial Pits Indians Against U.S. Oil Company
Washington Post Foreign Service | Lago Agrio, Ecuador - Under a warm setting sun, a half dozen children gathered Tuesday around a plastic tub filling with water from a tube snaking from the ground.
Texaco Goes on Trial in Ecuador Pollution Case
The New York Times | Lago Agrio, Ecuador - When René Arévalo draws water from his well, it is brown and gummy, requiring him to run it through a makeshift filtering system outside his wood-plank home in the jungle outside this town.Like thousands of other people here, he suspects the water was fouled by the waste an American oil company
At Last, ChevronTexaco’s Cover-Up about Remediation is Scientifically Confirmed New Study by Plaintiffs Proves that Each One of the 207 Waste Pits “Cleaned Up” Contains Petroleum The 1,200-Page Study to be Presented Today in Court
Lago Agrio — As part of the new study, researchers drilled to depths of 3 meters en each of the 207 waste pits that supposedly cleaned up by Texaco.
Ecuadorans Put Chevron on Trial Company Accused in Class-Action Lawsuit of Despoiling Amazon Region with Crude
San Francisco Chronicle | A class-action lawsuit against oil giant ChevronTexaco opened today in a small, cinderblock courthouse in a frontier oil town in the Ecuadorian rainforest, charging the company with despoiling the environment with millions of gallons of spilled crude oil during the 1970s and '80s.
Historic Trial Against ChevronTexaco Begins Tomorrow in Ecuador; Protests at Company’s Headquarters in California
30,000 Rainforest Peoples Against The Company, Demanding A Full Cleanup of Extensive Pollution In Ecuadorian AmazonFirst Time U.S.
Speech by Bianca Jagger in Quito Following Her Tour of Amazon Region Contaminated by ChevronTexaco
(version en espanol sigue ingles)Welcome and thank you for coming. I am going to talk about what I have witnessed in the last few days in the Ecuadorian Amazon during my first trip to your beautiful country.
Bianca Jagger Promotes Lawsuit Against ChevronTexaco in Ecuador
By Associated Press | Quito, Ecuador - Celebrity activist Bianca Jagger criticized U.S. oil company ChevronTexaco, which is being sued by a group of poor Ecuadoreans who say the company's past drilling damaged their rainforest homeland.The plaintiffs, represented by U.S.
Environmental “Trial of Century” Pits 50,000 Ecuadorian Rainforest People Against ChevronTexaco… Bianca Jagger To Visit Amazon Rainforest In Ecuador Case of Rainforest Peoples Against ChevronTexaco To Begin Oct. 21 In Lago Agrio, Sucumbios First
New York, NY and Lago Agrio, Ecuador - International human rights advocate Bianca Jagger will arrive in Ecuador this week to begin a historic tour of the Amazon jungle only two weeks before the start of a landmark trial in Lago Agrio where rainforest peoples are seeking to force ChevronTexaco to clean up the environmental con
El “Juicio Ambiental del Siglo” Enfrenta a 50.000 Habitantes del Oriente Contra ChevronTexaco… Bianca Jagger Visita la Selva Amazónica del Ecuador en la Víspera del Histórico Juicio Multimillonario El caso de los habitantes del Oriente contra C
Nueva York, NY (Estados Unidos) y Lago Agrio, Ecuador - La líder de los derechos humanos internacionales Bianca Jagger llegará al Ecuador esta semana para dar inicio a una histórica recorrida por la selva amazónica apenas dos semanas antes del comienzo del juicio sin precedentes a celebrarse en Lago Agrio, donde los habi
Landmark Environmental and Human Rights Trial to Begin October 21 Oil Giant ChevronTexaco to be Tried in Ecuador for Polluting the Amazon Rainforest and Provoking Local Heath Crisis --Fact-finding Mission to Ecuador by Concerned Community Leaders from
Trial:On October 21nd, after ten years of legal wrangling, 30,000 residents of the Ecuadorian Amazon will finally have their day in court – ChevronTexaco will be tried in Ecuador for environmental damages resulting from the company’s oil operations in the region from 1971 to 1991.This is the first time a
OCP Pipeline Completion Overshadowed by Political Crisis
Oil Daily | It's yesterday once more in Ecuador.
Indians, Leftists March Against Ecuador President
Reuters | Quito, Ecuador — More than 1,000 Indians and leftists marched on Thursday in protest against Ecuadorean President Lucio Gutierrez's IMF-backed economic program, which includes plans to raise fuel prices and taxes and make it easier to fire workers.
Ecuador's Unfinished Pipeline Project: What OCP Has Failed to Complete
According to the OCP, the construction of the crude oil pipeline has been completed today. HOWEVER, THE CONSTRUCTION IS NOT ACTUALLY FINISHED. The only part that is finished is that which the consortium is interested in – the part which allows crude oil to be transported as soon as possible.
OCP : lo que falta para concluir la construcción…
Según OCP, hoy se está acabando la construcción del Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados. Sin embargo, LA OBRA NO ESTA TERMINADA, sólo se concluye la parte que le interesa al consorcio, es decir la que le permite transportar el crudo lo más pronto posible.
Afectados Protestan ante Instalaciones de OCP y Occidental
El Comercio | Decenas de afectados por la construcción del oleoducto de crudos pesados protestaron ante las instalaciones de las compañías OCP y Occidental en reclamo de las "irrisorias indemnizaciones " que recibieron por las expropiaciones de sus terrenos, así como por los daños ambientales causadosa sus fincas y a las áreas
Oil Impacted Communities Protest at OCP and Occidental Petroleum Facilities
El Comercio | Dozens of people affected by the construction of the heavy crude pipeline protested before the facilities of OCP and Occidental Petroleum in reclamation of the "ridiculous indemnifications" that they received for the expropriation of their lands, as well as the environmental damages caused to their property, forest areas, and
ChevronTexaco Deserves Award for International Destruction! Human Rights and Environmental Groups Protest ChevronTexaco’s Award for “international understanding” at World Affairs Council Annual Dinner
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.
Principled Finance? Do the Equator Principles Need More Teeth? Some Banks and Sponsors are Unfazed by what NGOs Call a Modest Step Forward for Environmental Thinking in Project Lending
Project Finance Magazine | The sight of protestors outside of WestLB’s New York offices was the most visible sign of the latest meeting of projects and protest - at least for the lenders. Activists had targeted the landesbank for its arranging role on the OCP project in Ecuador.
Indigenous Leaders Bring Message to U.S., Gain International Attention
From the Pachamama Office in Ecuador:In early May, leaders from the Achuar, Shuar, and Zápara peoples arrived at the international headquarters of Burlington Resources to manifest their unified opposition to the multi-national oil company’s operations in ancestral indigenous territories.
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
