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May 07, 2010 -- Amazonian Indigenous Leaders to Confront Occidental Petroleum at Annual General Shareholder Meeting in L.A.... Achuar Indigenous Leaders, Actress Daryl Hannah Demand "Occidental Petroleum, Clean Up Pollution in Rainforest!"
Download High-Resolution Photos of the Event Here WHAT: Achuar indigenous leaders travel for first time from Peruvian Amazon to confront Occidental Petroleum at Annual General Shareholder Meeting in Los Angeles WHO: Indigenous Leaders, Amazon Watch and Actress Daryl Hannah WHEN: May 6th – 7th WHERE: Los Angeles, California OXY's Annual Meeting at 10 a.m. (PDT) - No... Full Story
Jul 23, 2008 -- Indigenous Peruvians Appeal Dismissal Of Federal Human Rights Lawsuit Against Occidental Petroleum For Contaminating Amazon Rainforest, Poisoning Comm...
Los Angeles, California – Lawyers working on behalf of a group of indigenous plaintiffs from the Peruvian Amazon yesterday filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, seeking to overturn a ruling that their landmark human rights lawsuit against Occidental Petroleum must be heard in Peru, not in United States. According to the 25 indigenous plaintiffs, Occidental caused... Full Story
May 02, 2008 -- 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. The demonstrators took company security by surprise and entered the building chanting: “Oxy, Oxy, clean up now!” Inside ... Full Story
Apr 30, 2008 -- “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 REQUEST 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... Full Story
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 ... Indigenous Leaders, Celebrities including Daryl Hannah, and dozens of Environmentalists in "Hazmat" Suits Converge on Oxy's Headquarters Wednesday A
*** Interviews in English and Spanish, B-roll and photos of contamination available on request *** 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... Full Story
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
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... Full Story
Aug 29, 2007 -- 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 Pluspetrol’s General Manager in Peru, Roberto Ramallo, at a meeting on August 20th ... Full Story
May 10, 2007 -- Indigenous Peruvians Sue Occidental Petroleum for Contaminating Rivers and Land in Amazon Lawsuit Charges Oil Giant with Harming Health and Environ...
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. (Oxy), alleging egregious harm caused by Oxy over a thirty-year period in the Corrientes River basin during which Oxy contamina... Full Story
May 03, 2007 -- Report: Occidental Petroleum Polluted Peruvian Amazon and Poisoned Indigenous Communities LA-Based Oil Giant’s Conduct Leads to Legal Liability in ...
LINK TO REPORT BELOW. THURSDAY TELECONFERENCE AND FRIDAY PHOTO OP. DETAILS BELOW. Los Angeles, CA – A report released today, on the eve of Occidental Petroleum’s (Oxy) annual general meeting (AGM), reveals that the LA-based oil giant deliberately ignored industry standards and employed out-of-date practices for 30 years, resulting in severe cadmium and lead poisoning among indigenous communitie... Full Story
May 03, 2007 -- Amazon Leaders Give Oxy Ultimatum...
Amazon Leaders Give Oxy Ultimatum: Clean Up Your Toxic Waste from our Rainforest or Face Legal Action in the U.S. Indigenous Children Suffer Lead and Cadmium Poisoning from Oxy’s Toxic Dumping, New Report Finds Friday photo op. and press briefing at Oxy shareholder meeting with indigenous delegation in traditional attire and actors Benjamin Bratt, Daryl Hannah and Q’orianka Kilcher. Details ... Full Story