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May 02, 2008 -- Occidental Petroleum CEO Ray Irani Invited to Peru to Witness Company’s Toxic Contamination in Amazon
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Indigenous Leaders and Supporters Confront Oil Company Executives at Annual Meeting
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| 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. The demonstrators took company security by surprise and entered the building chanting: “Oxy, Oxy, clean up now!”
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Apr 30, 2008 -- “Clean Up Operation” Launched at Occidental Petroleum Headquarters, Amazon Watch Says
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Oil Major Urged to Remediate Toxic Disaster in Amazon
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Los 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 urge the company to remediate a toxic disaster it created in the Peruvian Amazon rainfore...
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Apr 30, 2008 -- Talisman Commits to Only Operate with Community Consent in Peruvian Amazon
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Talisman CEO Gives Written Commitment to Respect Indigenous Community Wishes
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| Calgary, Alberta – Talisman today gave a clear written undertaking to indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon that the oil company would not attempt to operate on their land without community consent.
In a letter handed to the leaders, Talisman CEO and President John Manzoni, wrote: “ Talisman will not work in Peru in areas in which it does not have an agreement with the community. We consi...
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Apr 28, 2008 -- Indigenous Leaders from Amazon Rainforest to Tell Calgary Companies: "Stay Off Our Land!"...
Communities Oppose Development of Oil Concessions by Talisman, Petrolifera in Peru
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Press conference at 9am on Wednesday, April 30 before Talisman Energy annual general meeting and another briefing immediately afterwards around 12:30pm at Calgary Convention Center, South Building, Room Glen 210 (immediately across walkway from Talisman AGM). Talisman AGM at 10:30am in the Calgary Convention Center, North Building, Exhibition Hall CDE.
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Calgary, Alberta -- A delegati...
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Apr 25, 2008 -- Amazonian Leaders and Supporters Stage a "Clean Up Operation" to Urge Occidental Petroleum To Remediate Its Toxic Disaster in the Peruvian Amazon
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Indigenous Leaders, Celebrities including Daryl Hannah, and dozens of Environmentalists in "Hazmat" Suits Converge on Oxy's Headquarters
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When: April 30, 2008, 12:30 pm
Where: Occidental Petroleum Headquarters, 10889 Wilshire Blvd, LA 90024 (at Westwood Blvd)
Los Angeles, CA -- Indigenous leaders joined by scores of environmental and business leaders, and celebrities including Daryl Hannah will don hazmat suits and stage a "c...
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Apr 17, 2008 -- 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
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| 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 fully prepared to litigate this case in Peru, and Oxy will be held liable for thei...
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Apr 16, 2008 -- Amazon Watch Blasts Consultant Sam Singer For Designing Chevron Attack On Goldman Prize Winners...
Says Singer Helping Oil Giant Hide $16 Billion Liability from Shareholders
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| San Francisco (April 16) – Amazon Watch today blasted San Francisco consultant Sam Singer for letting himself be used by Chevron to wage a personal and unsubstantiated attack on two renowned Ecuadorian environmental activists who were in town to receive the prestigious Goldman Prize this week.
“Sam Singer should be ashamed of himself for helping Chevron do its dirty work against two environmen...
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Apr 13, 2008 -- Ecuadorian Campaigners Win Prestigious Environmental Prize for Fight to hold Chevron Accountable for Rainforest Disaster...
Goldman Prize Comes Two Weeks After Court Expert Estimates Chevron Damages at up to $16 Billion
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| Media briefing and photo opportunity with Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza and other plaintiffs’ leaders, lawyers and scientific advisors at 10am PDT, Monday, April 14th at Garden Room, Lobby Level, Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2008 – Two campaigners who have spearheaded a landmark class-action lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador have been awar...
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Apr 07, 2008 -- Record 2007 IDB Lending Comes at Expense of Environment, Communities...
Bank Fueling Climate Change; Promotes Fossil Fuels and Deforestation
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| Miami, FL — As the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced record lending of $9.6 billion in 2007, environmental and human rights groups warned that the milestone had come at the expense of the environment and communities.
As part of an ongoing major shake-up within the Bank, environmental and social safeguards have been sidelined, with President Luis Alberto Moreno largely ignori...
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Apr 04, 2008 -- Unaccountable and Unsustainable, IDB Champions Corporate Interests at Expense of Citizens...
Bank Ignores Climate Change and Development Indicators as Estimated 250 Million Latin Americans Live in Poverty despite near Half-Century of Lending
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| Miami, FL — As Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) governors and directors convene for their 49th annual meeting, the institution continues with unaccountable and opaque lending procedures and unsustainable policies that too frequently exacerbate rather than alleviate poverty.
Challenging IDB management to live up to the Bank’s original mandate and improve the lives of millions of Latin Amer...
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