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Feb 05, 2010 -- Court in Sucumbíos Manipulated by Chevron
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Once Again Shows Evidence of Company's Abuse of the Law
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The coordinator of the Assembly of People Affected by Texaco, Luis Yanza, showed his indignation over the decision by the deputy president of Sucumbíos' Provincial Court, Nicolás Zambrano, for allowing the abuse of the law and the delay in sentencing in the Chevron case. There are thousands of affected peoples from the Amazon asking Chevron for reparations over serious environmental, he...
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Feb 02, 2010 -- Global Concern Mounts Over Brazilian Government's
Licensing of the Destructive Belo Monte Dam ...
The World's Third Largest Dam Is Expected to
Devastate Vast Area of Amazon Rainforest
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| Brasilia, Brazil – A coalition of environmentalists, indigenous people, and social movements in Brazil condemned the news that an environmental license was issued yesterday by the Brazilian environmental agency (IBAMA) for the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam. Belo Monte, slated to be the world's third largest hydroelectric project, has been mired in controversy. The massive project would divert the ...
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Jan 14, 2010 -- French Multinational GDF Suez Criticized
for Lead Role in Building the Controversial
Madeira Dam in the Brazilian Amazon
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GDF Suez Nominated for Most Environmentally
Irresponsible Company in the 2010 "Public Eye Awards"
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| This week, a coalition of civil society organizations from Brazil, France, the United States and Peru sent a letter to Mr. Gérard Mestrallet, the President of French company GDF Suez, criticizing the company for its involvement in the construction of the controversial Jirau hydroelectric dam on the Brazilian Amazon's Madeira River.
The coalition points to the serious social and environmental i...
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Jan 13, 2010 -- Ecuadorean Communities to New Chevron CEO "We Don't Want to Continue Dying from Cancer"...
In New Video, affected Ecuadoreans urge John Watson to Address the Company's Damage in the Amazon
Corresponding Global Petition Demands Immediate A
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| On Wednesday January 13th, just days into John Watson's tenure as the new Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation, Amazon Watch's Clean Up Ecuador Campaign is launching a global petition to Mr. Watson, with an accompanying video-message.
The video and petition ask John Watson to take a new approach as CEO and recti...
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Dec 10, 2009 -- On the Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP 15)...
Position Statement
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| Amazon Watch, an organization dedicated to the protection of Amazonian indigenous peoples' rights and the Amazon rainforest calls on the Obama Administration, the Annex 1 countries, the Coalition of Rainforest Nations and all other Parties to explicitly recognize indigenous peoples' rights when designing a new climate change agreement and any respective mitigation measures.
Amazon Watch recogni...
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Dec 10, 2009 -- COP 15 / REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Developing Countries)...
Tip Sheet
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| For Amazon Watch's Position Statement on COP 15, please click here
Official delegations from 192 countries – including an estimated 100 heads of state amongst them U.S. president Barack Obama – are gathering at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen for the next two weeks to make progress toward a binding tr...
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Nov 17, 2009 -- Indigenous people send ultimatum to Ray Hunt: "Get your oil company out of our protected areas"...
As deadline approaches, tensions rise again in the Peruvian Amazon
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| San Francisco, CA-In a recent open letter to Hunt Oil Company President Ray Hunt, the Native Federation of the Río Madre de Dios (FENAMAD) gave Hunt until this week to leave the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve in the southern Peruvian Amazon as a condition to continuing any further talks with the indigenous communities living in the Reserve area.
"Having peacefully exhausted all protest, without r...
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Oct 27, 2009 -- Incoming Chevron Chief Toes Company Line on Ecuador Oil Pollution Case During Debut in Nation's Capital...
Supporters of Amazon Residents Who Are Suing Chevron for Environmental Cleanup Put $27 Billion Contamination Case Front and Center During
CEO-to-be
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| Washington DC – Incoming Chevron CEO John S. Watson's debut speech in the nation's capitol addressed a range of issues from the future of the world's energy economy to rising gas prices to the company's $27 billion litigation in Ecuador for massive environmental contamination. Asked how he would address the massive oil pollution case as CEO, Watson toed the company line, vowing to continue Chevro...
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Oct 19, 2009 -- Hundreds form Human Banner in Peru to Draw Attention to Plight of the Amazon...
Amo Amazonia Arts Festival in Lima Highlights Biological and Cultural Wealth and Diversity of Peruvian Amazon
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Broadcast quality b-roll available upon request
Lima, Peru – Over 400 people spelled out "Amo Amazonia" ("I love the Amazon") across the Agua Dulce beach outside of Lima, Peru on Sunday as part of the inauguration of a ...
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Oct 12, 2009 -- Colombia's U'wa Reiterate Opposition to Ecopetrol Gas Drilling in their Ancestral Territory...
International Investors Warned Against Heightened Risk of Oil Operations Within Indigenous Territories Without Consent
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| Washington, DC – Colombia's U'wa indigenous people will carry out a mobilization near Cubará, Colombia today in opposition to natural resource extraction projects in their ancestral territory. Colombia's state-run oil company and largest corporation, Ecopetrol, is drilling within U'wa sacred territory and has plans to expand their exploration operations.
"We reject any intervention in U'wa anc...
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