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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Chevron Gets Dinged - Heavily!

Chevron is guilty.
Tell CEO John Watson:
Clean up Ecuador NOW!

Dear friend,

Yesterday marked a historic day for corporate accountability. A judge in Ecuador found Chevron guilty of massive oil contamination in the Amazon rainforest and ordered the company to pay over $8 billion to clean it up.

The verdict is the culmination of an 18-year struggle by the Indigenous and rural Ecuadoreans — the real heroes of this epic fight — who first sued Chevron to force the company to clean up its oily mess back in 1993. The battle is won, but the war for corporate accountability is far from over.

Chevron has vowed to appeal the decision , and it’s all too clear that the company intends to never pay for its oil pollution in the Amazon. Tell Chevron CEO John Watson that enough is enough – Chevron needs to clean up Ecuador NOW.

For 18 years the Ecuadorean plaintiffs have withstood the
impacts of Chevron’s pollution in the Amazon, as well as an unprecedented PR and legal campaign aimed at discrediting
them and minimizing the extent of the damage that’s been
done to their health and livelihoods. The evidence of the company’s guilt is overwhelming. It’s time for Chevron
to take responsibility for
its mess.

John Watson needs to do the right thing and pledge
to clean up the Ecuadorean Amazon by complying
with the judgment in Ecuador. Some 1,400 people have
already died as a result of Chevron refusing to take
responsibility, and 30,000 more are at risk. The people
living with Chevron’s pollution can’t wait while the company
launches another PR campaign and attempts even more
dirty tricks and shady legal maneuvers to try and evade
its responsibility.

Stand up for the people of Ecuador, for human rights,
and for corporate accountability:
Tell Chevron CEO John Watson to stop stalling
and clean up Ecuador NOW.

		For a cleaner future,
		Ginger, Maria, Linda, and Mike Change Chevron

Rainforest Action Network
221 Pine Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104 USA
Phone: (415) 398-4404 Fax: (415) 398-2732

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Oil Pipeline From Canada Stirring Anger in U.S. Great Plains

By David Goldstein | McClatchy Newspapers - Feb 14 - 2011

WASHINGTON — Crude oil from western Canada began flowing through a controversial pipeline in Kansas last week. Read more here.

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Will Global Warming End Up in Court? A Climate Scientist Sues a Skeptic for Libel

February 8, 2011 - By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF - New York Times.
A prominent Canadian climate scientist is suing a leading climate skeptic for libel, arguing that an article published online in January contained false and malicious claims. Read the rest here.