National Geographic put this up and an eye-opener it is. People are throwing their pill and medicines down toilets and drains, and guess where it ends up? In our groundwater, in our food and in of course fish. You can find the full size here at … [Read more...]
Chevron Named “Most Toxic” Energy Company of 2011
December 1, 2011 By 1 Comment
"Amazon Chernobyl" Disaster in Ecuador, Brazil Spill Lead to Embarrassing Award for CEO John Watson Amazon Defense Coalition, For Immediate Release – 25 November 2011, Contact: Karen Hinton, 703-798-3109, Karen@hintoncommunications.com New … [Read more...]
Chevron In Open Conflict With Brazil and Ecuador Over Worsening Oil Spills
November 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
American Company Faces Loss of Credibility With Oil Producing Nations in Latin America Amazon Defense Coalition, For Immediate Release – 18 November 2011, Contact: Karen Hinton, 703-798-3109, Karen@hintoncommunications.com Quito, Ecuador -- … [Read more...]
Your E-Waste I-Q Test
June 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Planet Green has a great e-Waste IQ test on their site, of which I failed. Cannot believe it, after all the blogging, I fail at this! Question: How many tons of e-waste are put in landfills every year 2007-1.9 Million according to EPA … [Read more...]
Chevron’s $8.6 Billion Judgement Summary
March 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A summary of the recent $8.6 billion judgment against Chevron in the oil contamination lawsuit in Ecuador. The entire judgment, in English and Spanish, can be found … [Read more...]
Target Pays $22.5 Million For Illegal Dumping
March 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
One more reason not to shop at Target 1.) It's expensive 2.) No Customer Service 3.) They illegally dump toxic ingredients into our waste streams. And no, I don't think this solves the problem, they will continue to dump.. and litter products. A … [Read more...]
Ex Employee-Chevron Told Them To Illegally Dump Toxic Waste
February 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A former oil operations assistant for Texaco (now Chevron) in Ecuador explains how oil workers were told to dump toxic waste directly into the rainforest environment. Chevron's dumping of 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater created an ongoing … [Read more...]
Justice in The Amazon: Chevron v.s Ecuador
February 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
For your information -- This editorial appeared today in the Diario El Comercio, one of the major newspapers in Ecuador. Below is an imperfect but understandable Google translation. Justice takes time but it arrives! In a small office … [Read more...]
Chevron Finds That Billions of Gallons Of Toxic Waste Doesn’t Hurt
February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Lago Agrio, Ecuador -- Chevron has found that dumping of billions of gallons of toxic waste into Ecuador's Amazon didn't harm a single person or the environment, according to the company's final argument submitted to the Ecuador court hearing the … [Read more...]
Chevron Resorts To Intimidation In Amazon Lawsuit
February 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Chevron Threatened Ecuador Judge With Prison Time If He Failed to Grant Motions, Court Papers Say On Eve of Judgment, Chevron Resorting to Intimidation Tactics Amazon Defense Coalition 3 February 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: … [Read more...]
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