Los Angeles Times | THE OIL COMPANY ISSUES GLOWING ANNUAL REPORT TO INVESTORSIt's a time-honored ritual for Occidental Petroleum Corp.: the yearly gathering of shareholders and protesters.The setting Friday was a sea-view hotel in Santa Monica where shareholders, eager to hear how record energy prices made this year the West
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Occidental Petroleum CEO Ray Irani Invited to Peru to Witness Company’s Toxic Contamination in Amazon
Indigenous Leaders and Supporters Confront Oil Company Executives at Annual Meeting
Los Angeles, CA – Leaders of the indigenous Achuar people of Peru accompanied by 40 demonstrators wearing hazmat suits today brought Occidental Petroleum’s Amazon disaster to the company’s doorstep as they marched inside the hotel hosting the Oxy annual shareholder meeting.
Protesters demand Oxy clean up waste in Peru
San Jose Mercury News | SANTA MONICA, Calif. – A group of Amazon Indians and their supporters dressed in white hazmat suits demonstrated outside a hotel Friday to demand that Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Talisman learned lessons from Sudan Company pledges better record in Peru
Calgary Herald | Talisman Energy's involvement in Peru won't turn into another Sudan, company officials said Wednesday, after the company recorded lower first-quarter profits.Following a protest by leaders of indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, Talisman CEO John Manzoni vowed that Talisman would not perform oil and gas explo
Daryl Hannah, environmentalists protest in Westwood, demanding that Occidental oil company clean up Amazon
Los Angeles Times | ***The actress and representatives of several groups say the firm's operations in Peru left behind toxics that continue to contaminate an indigenous people's waters.***Wearing white hazmat suits and carrying brooms and mops, dozens of activists crowded the entrance to Occidental Petroleum's headquarters in Westwood on
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY From bad boy to poster boy: Talisman's journey Once heavily criticized, it's now praised for transparency and anti-corruption in oil industry; company facing new challenges in Peru
The Globe and Mail | OTTAWA – Once vilified as an oil industry bad boy, Calgary's Talisman Energy Inc.
“Clean Up Operation” Launched at Occidental Petroleum Headquarters, Amazon Watch Says
Oil Major Urged to Remediate Toxic Disaster in Amazon
INTERVIEWS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, B-ROLL AND PHOTOS OF CONTAMINATION AVAILABLE ON REQUESTLos Angeles, CA – Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon and environmentalists today donned hazmat suits and staged a major “clean-up operation” outside the global headquarters of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to urg
Talisman among top firms praised for ethical conduct Peruvian natives protest exploration
Calgary Herald | Talisman Energy Inc., once dogged by protesters for its investments in wartorn Sudan, was recognized Monday for its ethical conduct by an anti-corruption watchdog.But controversy continues to follow the company.A group of South American natives is in Calgary to attend its annual meeting Wednesday – with
Amazonian natives target Talisman exploration plan
The Windsor Star | CALGARY - Natives from the Amazon – their faces painted and their heads adorned with colourful toucan feathers – are in Calgary to protest Talisman Energy Inc.'s plans to explore for oil in Peru.In advance of the company's annual general meeting Wednesday, John Manzoni, CEO and president of the Calgary-
Amazonian Leaders and Supporters Stage a "Clean Up Operation" to Urge Occidental Petroleum To Remediate Its Toxic Disaster in the Peruvian Amazon
Indigenous Leaders, Celebrities including Daryl Hannah, and dozens of Environmentalists in "Hazmat" Suits Converge on Oxy's Headquarters Wednesday April 30
*** Interviews in English and Spanish, B-roll and photos of contamination available on request ***When: April 30, 2008, 12:30 pmWhere: Occidental Petroleum Headquarters, 10889 Wilshire Blvd, LA 90024 (at Westwood Blvd)Los Angeles, CA – Indigenous leaders joined by scores of environmental and
Rumble in the jungle: Amazon pollution lawsuit leaves L.A. for Peru
Los Angeles Times | Tomas Maynas, an elder of the Achuar tribe in the Peruvian Amazon cut a powerful figure on his recent visit to Los Angeles. As the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit he and other members of his tribe filed against Occidental Petroleum, Maynas was in town to urge a federal court judge not to send the case to Peru.
Plaintiffs Will Pursue Amazon Pollution Case Against Occidental Petroleum, After Judge Rules Case Should Be Heard In Peru
Achuar Indigenous Communities Will Continue to Seek Legal Redress in the U.S. and Peru
Los Angeles – After a federal judge found that a case charging Occidental Petroleum with pollution of Amazonian communities should be heard in Peru, the plaintiffs, including indigenous Achuar villagers and the advocacy group Amazon Watch, vowed to continue pursuing all legal means of redress.“The plaintiffs are fu
Oil and power in Latin America Indigenous peoples in South America are taking on Big Oil over decades of environmental abuse.
Los Angeles Times | March 29, 2008Tomas Maynas Carijano, an elder of the Achuar tribe, left his home in the Peruvian Amazon earlier this week and traveled to Los Angeles. He came, he said, to tell the story of his people's suffering at the hands of a U.S. oil company.
Indígenas buscan justicia en California
Diario HOY | Los Ángeles – Dicen que hace algunos años la palabra 'cáncer' no se pronunciaba entre los indígenas Achuar del norte del Perú.Pero ahora esa palabra se ha vuelto parte de su diario vivir, dijo Apu Tomás Maynas Carijano, miembro de esa comunidad y quien es el principal demandante en una querella colectiva
Peru Tribe Battles Oil Giant Over Pollution
BBC News | Loreto, Peru – It is a familiar story. Big business moves into a pristine wilderness and starts destroying the environment and by turn the livelihoods of the indigenous people who live there.
Indígenas denuncian derrame petrolero Comunidades demandan a Pluspetrol ante Osinerming. Incidente ocurrió el 31 de diciembre en el Lote 1AB (Loreto). Pluspetrol dará hoy sus descargos.
Diario La Republica | La empresa argentina Pluspetrol, responsable de explotar los lotes petroleros 1AB y 8, enfrenta una nueva denuncia por derrames de hidrocarburos en la cuenca del río Corrientes, departamento de Loreto.La denuncia fue presentada el 31 de enero del 2008 ante la Unidad de Exploración y Explotación del Organismo Supervi
For Peru's Indians, Lawsuit Against Big Oil Reflects a New Era Outsiders and High-Tech Tools Help Document Firms' Impact
Washington Post | NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru — Tomás Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head.
Dorissa Accord: A Statement of Progress One Year On
October marked the one-year anniversary of an historic agreement involving the Peruvian government, the Argentine Pluspetrol oil company and the Achuar indigenous people of the northern Peruvian Amazon.
'Pocahontas Peruana' Gana Premio Ambiental Joven actriz norteamericana, hija de peruanos, es reconocida por su lucha por el medio ambiente
Terra / Agencias | Q'orianka Kilcher ganó el premio medioambiental Brower, en reconocimiento a sus sobresalientes esfuerzos por proteger a la selva amazónica y a los indígenas de la contaminación de las empresas petroleras."Q'orianka es inteligente, apasionada y llena de energía.
Achuar Block 39 New Oil Wells on their Territory Communities Celebrate Major Victory in Battle to Protect Ancestral Lands
San Francisco, CA – Achuar indigenous communities in the northern Peruvian Amazon were celebrating a major victory over the oil industry after the Argentine company Pluspetrol agreed to forego drilling 39 proposed new wells on Achuar land.The decision, which was not made public until yesterday, was announced by Plusp
Amazonian Indigenous Group Opposes New Pluspetrol Oil Wells
EFE | Lima, Peru - Indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon expressed to the Argentine Pluspetrol company their decision to not allow the opening of new oil wells, given concerns over contamination of their territories, as stated today by the Federation of Native Communities of the Corrientes River Basin (Feconaco).
Más Derrames De Petróleo Aseguran Que El Agua De Contaminó Por El Derrame.
Peru 21 | Pese a los compromisos asumidos por la empresa Pluspetrol para trabajar con el fin de remediar la contaminación que actualmente afecta el río Corrientes, los derrames de petróleo siguen perjudicando a las comunidades nativas asentadas en ese lugar.
Carta de FECONACO a Hunt Oil Sobre Lote 143
Iquitos, 13 de Agosto del 2007Carta No 155-07-FECONACOSenores: Sr.
Amazon Watch letter to Hunt Oil Regarding New Oil Block on Achuar Territory
31 July, 2007Mr. Ray L. Hunt, CEOHunt Oil CompanyFountain Place, 1445 Foss at Field, Suite 1400Dallas, TX 75202-2785Mr. Hunt,Amazon Watch is aware that Perupetro has awarded Hunt Oil drilling rights for Block 143 in the northern Peruvian Amazon.
Achuar Letter to Pluspetrol Rejecting New Drilling on Ancestral Land
Al Presidente de la República del Perú;A los Congresistas de la República del Perú;Al pueblo Loretano y a todo el pueblo peruano;Al pueblo y al Gobierno Argentino;A la comunidad Internacional;A la empresa petrolera Pluspetrol;Los abajo firmantes Apus, autoridades y delegados de las com
FECONACO Communique Demanding That the Peruvian Presidency of Ministries Council Declare a Health and Environmental Emergency in the Corrientes River Basin
MEMORIAL DE LAS COMUNIDADES ACHUARES, QUICHUAS, Y URARINAS DEL RIO CORRIENTES, AFILIADAS A LA ORGANIZACIÓN FECONACO DIRIGUIDO A LA PRESIDENCIA DEL CONSEJO DE MINISTROS SOLICITANDO SE DECLARE LA EMERGENCIA EN SALUD Y AMBIENTE EN LA CUENCA DEL RIO CORRIENTESA los 18 días del mes de Julio del año 2007, los Apus y deleg
Peruvians sue oil giant over Amazon pollution
The Guardian | Los Angeles - Members of an indigenous tribe from the Peruvian Amazon sued the oil giant Occidental Petroleum yesterday in California's superior court, alleging that the company knowingly put the health of the Achuar people at risk and damaged their habitat.The claim alleges that over the course of three decades Oxy, a
Peruvians sue Oxy, claiming pollution
Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles - Members of indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon region sued Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Indigenous Peruvians Sue Occidental Petroleum for Contaminating Rivers and Land in Amazon Lawsuit Charges Oil Giant with Harming Health and Environment of Native Achuar People
Los Angeles, CA – EarthRights International (ERI) and the law firm Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP (SDSHH) today brought suit on behalf of twenty-five indigenous Achuar plaintiffs from the Peruvian Amazon against Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum Corp.
