Press Releases

James Cameron Returns to the Brazilian Amazon with Avatar Stars Sigourney Weaver and Joel David Moore to Shine Spotlight on the Destructive Belo Monte Dam Visit Planned to Indigenous Communities Affected by Dam Project on April 13-14 Press Conference and Protest with Dam... April 12, 2010

Chevron "Cooked" Evidence in Ecuador Environmental Trial, According to Oil Giant's Own Contractor Diego Borja & Wife Worked For Chevron & Represented Oil Company's "Independent" Lab To Test Contamination Samples April 6, 2010

Avatar Director James Cameron Returns from a Visit to Belo Monte Dam Site on the Xingu River Cameron Urges the Lula Government to Reconsider the Dam Project in Favor of Alternatives Press Conference at Hotel... March 30, 2010

Essential Reforms Still Necessary for an Effective Capital Increase at the Inter-American Development Bank Concern Expressed about the Pelosi Amendment is a Red Herring – Reform Already Adopted by Other Multilateral Banks March 21, 2010

Tip Sheet: Inter-American Development Bank's 2010 Annual Meeting in Cancun Civil Society Delegation Arrives in Cancun to Challenge Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Bid for Capital Increase Groups Call for Reforms on Climate, Sustainability, Regional Integration and Accountability for Results as Conditions for Any Capital... March 18, 2010

Government License for Belo Monte Dam Provokes International Outcry Letter to President Lula Demands Cancellation of Massive Hydroelectric Project March 11, 2010

Ecuadorean Indigenous Leader Asks CA Lawmakers for Support in Campaign to Demand Chevron Clean Up its Pollution in Amazon Indigenous Ecuadorean leader travels from Amazon rainforest to California to gather support from lawmakers to push Chevron to... March 3, 2010

Appeals Court to Decide if Oil Giant Will Face Suit in U.S. for Massive Environmental Pollution in Amazon Indigenous Achuar From the Peruvian Amazon Face Off Against Occidental Petroleum Over Destruction of Pristine Rainforest March 3, 2010

Pressure Grows for Chevron to Clean Up Ecuador Indigenous Ecuadorean leader travels from Amazon rainforest to California to deliver 325,000+ letters urging Chevron's new CEO John... March 2, 2010

Indigenous Achuar From Peruvian Amazon Face Off Against Occidental Petroleum in Crucial Ninth Circuit Hearing Hearing to Decide Whether Occidental Petroleum Should Face Charges in US Court For Massive Environmental Pollution Liability in... March 1, 2010

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Bid for 200% Capital Increase in Jeopardy IDB Board of Governors Urged to Address Civil Society Concerns During Upcoming March 2nd Meeting in Washington, DC February 26, 2010

Inter-American Development Bank Governors Challenged to Account for Capital Increase Request Letter to IDB Governors Demands Transparency and Evidence of Structural Reforms Before the Upcoming Vote on the Capital... February 18, 2010

La Junta de Gobernadores del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo son llamados a rendir cuentas sobre el pedido de Aumento de Capital Carta a los Gobernadores demanda mayor Transparencia, rendición de cuentas y pruebas de las reformas estructurales necesarias antes... February 18, 2010

Peru Set to Open Last Refuges of the Amazon to Oil and Gas Drilling National Indigenous Organization AIDESEP Rejects Impending Auction of New Oil Blocks in Amazonian Territory February 12, 2010

Chevron Caught Misrepresenting Facts about Expert Report in Ecuador Trial Oil Giant "Desperate" to Derail $27 Billion Liability February 9, 2010

Court in Sucumbíos Manipulated by Chevron Once Again Shows Evidence of Company's Abuse of the Law February 5, 2010

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