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Houston event ousts group critical of race sponsor

  HOUSTON—A group of human rights advocates with a booth critical of the Chevron Houston Marathon's title sponsor was expelled from the marathon expo Friday for painting the company "in a negative light."

The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Friday, January 15, 2010

Ecuador oil leak victims tour Louisiana marshes affected by BP spill

 Nearly 50 years ago Texaco, an oil company now owned by Chevron, started drilling for oil in the rainforests of Ecuador. The company did little to prevent environmental damage, and many members of indigenous tribes have gotten sick or died as a result of their exposure to oil and other chemicals, tribe members say.

Reuters
Reuters
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Historic Gulf Coast Visit of Ecuadoreans Affected by Chevron Contamination Concludes with Expression of Solidarity by Oil-Impacted Indigenous Nations

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Friday, July 2, 2010

Houma, LA – Today concludes an historic visit to the oil-battered Gulf Coast of the United States by a delegation of Indigenous and community leaders from the Ecuadorean Amazon, who spent a week investigating the impacts along the oil-stained coastline, as well as presenting lessons from their own decades-long struggle with Chevron’s oil devastation of their rainforest lands.

Ecuador's oil-waste victims share solidarity

DULAC — Luis Yanza traveled nearly half way around the world this week only to find that oil companies use the same toxic practices and treat indigenous people in the United States the same as in Ecuador.

The Houma Courier
The Houma Courier
Friday, July 2, 2010

Derrame de petróleo en el Golfo de México

El peor desastre ambiental en la historia de los Estados Unidos, así ha sido catalogado el derrame petrolero de la compañía BP en el Golfo de México que está causando pérdidas económicas que superan los cientos de miles de millones de dólares, y daños ambientales, sociales y culturales de inimaginable alcance.

Lo que comenzó con una explosión el 20 de Abril pasado de la plataforma petrolera  “Deep Horizon” ubicada a 66 km.  de la Costa del Estado de Luisiana en la que murieron 11 trabajadores petroleros se ha convertido en un desastre  de incalculables proporciones.

La Television
La Television
Sunday, July 4, 2010

Two Chevron protesters arrested at oil spill hearing

WASHINGTON — Two protesters were taken into custody Tuesday by Capitol Police during a hearing of a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee at which the chairmen of five major U.S. oil companies testified.

The detentions came just moments after the hearing was adjourned, when a woman tried to approach the chairman of Chevron, John Watson, and hand him a bottle of dark liquid. Police stopped the protester.

McClatchy Newspapers
McClatchy Newspapers
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Two Arrested for Confronting Chevron CEO Watson at Today’s House Oil Hearing

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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Oil Lobbyists and Lawyers Crowd out Public in Today’s Oil Hearing

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

WASHINGTON—At 5:00am this morning over 40 youth and concerned citizens queued up in front of the Rayburn building and waited more than four hours to attend Rep. Chairman Ed Markey’s (D-Mass.) hearing in his House Energy and Environment Subcommittee to discuss offshore oil drilling safety and U.S. energy policy. When the doors opened at 9:20am, however, it was the oil lawyers and lobbyists that took the seats. There was only space for four out of the 40 members of the public who waited to be let in.   
 

Llamdo a inverionistas de gigante petrolero

Al menos cuatro personas fueron arrestados hoy durante una protesta masiva afuera de una reunión de inversionistas de Chevron en Houston, Texas. El gigante del petróleo es la corporación más grande en California y la tercera más grande en la nación. Ante la crisis del calentamiento global y el actual derrame de petróleo, científicos y protectores del Medioambiente exigen poner fin al uso del petróleo como fuente de energía. Pese a esto, el gigante petrolero, Chevron, tuvo un incremento del 25% en sus ingresos, el año pasado.

Radio Bilingüe
Radio Bilingüe
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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