President Obama recently promised Americans to end the "cozy relationship" between government and the oil industry. No oil company has been better at developing these "cozy relationships" with regulators than Chevron, which is being sued in Ecuador for the worst oil-related contamination on earth. The sordid tales below give you a glimpse of just how...
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Amazon Watch: Chevron Condemned for Human Rights Abuses, Activists Arrested
This press release was put out today by Amazon Watch. Read on:Chevron Condemned for Human Rights Abuses, Ecuador Disaster at Annual Shareholder Meeting TodayActivists Arrested Inside and Outside Chevron's MeetingCommunity Leaders Barred, Ejected from Annual Meeting for Exposing the Truth about Chevron Amazon Watch26 May 2010 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:...
RAN’s Maria Ramos to Chevron CEO: You are Hiding the Truth about Egregious Human Rights and Environmental Abuses
Maria Ramos, the campaign organizer for the Rainforest Action Network's (RAN) "Change Chevron" campaign confronted Chevron CEO John Watson at the company's annual shareholder meeting in Houston today. While Chevron barred the majority of the individuals that were brought with various environmental groups, despite their having legal proxies, the company...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Chevron’s Deepwater Horizon Connection: The Clock Could Be Ticking
Much attention is focused on BP, and that company's tragic environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. But what about Chevron, the oil company that is responsible for what experts consider to be the world's worst oil-related disaster, in Ecuador's Amazon? Unlike BP's Gulf disaster, which was an accident, what Chevron did in Ecuador was a designed...
Friday, May 21, 2010
Chevron Lawyer Admits “Release” Doesn’t Cover Ecuador Lawsuit
Chevron Lawyer Rodrigo Perez PallaresIf there was ever ironclad proof that Chevron is being deceptive in court and before the public about the "release" it claims it received in Ecuador, it can be found in the sworn deposition...
LA Times Editorial: Chevron Should Be Prevented From Violating Journalist's Privilege
Chevron sues over 'Crude'A documentary's unused footage, akin to reporters' notes, should be protected.Journalism that serves society does not always spring from objectivity, nor is it always written from a distance. When Upton Sinclair exposed the conditions of Chicago's meat industry, he did so on assignment from a socialist newspaper. He went...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Chevron Tries to Silence Critics of Its Ecuador Environmental Disaster
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
John Perkins: Fake Accounting, Greed and Oil
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Bill Moyers Blasts Chevron For Attacking First Amendment Rights
Bill MoyersBill Moyers, the celebrated and venerable journalist, blasted Chevron's recent attempt to force an independent filmmaker to turn over the 600 hours of private video outtakes from the documentary "Crude," in an...
Trudie Styler: Chevron caused "Hell" in Ecuador
Trudie Styler, the co-founder of the Rainforest Foundation with her husband Sting, blasted Chevron for its irresponsible behavior in Ecuador in an online interview last week with Katie Couric of CBS News. The interview was during the run-up to the Rainforest Foundation's annual fundraiser at Carnegie Hall, which featured inspired performances by ...
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