Chevron Refuses to Clean Toxic Waste in Ecuador (Video)
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From 1964 to 1992, California-based oil giant Texaco (presently owned by Chevron) intentionally dumped over 18 billion gallons of toxic waste water into Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest. Ecuadorian residents have been enduring the brunt of self-seeking, deliberate negligence; with its local populace needlessly suffering from cancers, miscarriages, and birth defects. Following its acquisition of Texaco in 2001, Chevron has been steadfastly deceiving the public concerning its apparent liability in polluting the environment and harming human life. Recently, Chevron replaced its chief executive officer which has given the activist awareness group, CREDO, an opportunity to act by partnering with Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network, and Avaaz to insist that Chevron clean up its noxious mess in Ecuador. The oil conglomerate has overlooked the agony and fatalities in Ecuadorian communities for far too long, as hundreds of toxic waste pits still remain in heavily inhabited areas. As a result, the people of Ecuador have been involved in a 16 year legal battle against Chevron/Texaco, demanding the company to assume responsibility for its unsound business practices. Chevron has retorted to the lawsuit as any money-hungry, egocentric multinational company would, stating, “We’re going to fight this until hell freezes over. And then we’ll fight it out on the ice.” A judgment in the lawsuit is expected within the next few months, however Chevron has affirmed that it will not shell out the $27.3 billion that would help restore Ecuadorian communities, provide healthcare, clean water, and reparations to those affected by their calculated greed. To sign a petition requesting that Chevron assume legal responsibility for this ecological adversity, visit the Credo Campaign for Ecuador. Video below, courtesy of Amazon Watch, examines the devastation caused by Texaco’s toxic waste dump sites.
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CLEAN-UP???? HOW??? Clean-Up killed our son (www.earthspeak.org) get real. humans can not clean up our messes! Pray for a Miracle!!
Clean-up is their responsibility, and it doesn’t just entail cleaning up the sites that they contaminated. It goes much further into the issue of human health and financial reparations for such damages. Families have lost their children/mothers/fathers/etc, their dignity and their innate land due to corporate greed. Companies like this MUST be stopped to avoid situations just like this one, and like the one that unfortunately took your son. God bless, and keep fighting!!!!!! Miracles ARE real.
Thanks Green Energy News for posting this story and for spreading the word on twitter! The video above is great but if you haven’t seen, it please also check out the recent heartfelt video-message from the affected communities in Ecuador to the new Chevron CEO, appealing for cleanup:
http://chevrontoxico.com/news-and-multimedia/2010/0112-message-from-ecuador.html
Counting those gathered by Amazon Watch’s Clean Up Ecuador Campaign, Rainforest Action Network’s new Change Chevron Campaign (on their own site as well as at Change.org and on Care2′s petition site), CREDO (mentioned above) and global online advocacy powerhouse Avaaz.org, we’ve gathered nearly 350,000 signatures on the petition to Chevron’s CEO for cleanup in Ecuador.
Readers– if you haven’t signed, please do at the CREDO link in the story above, or at http://chevrontoxico.com where you can learn more about this important campaign. Thank you!
-Han Shan
Clean Up Ecuador Campaign
Why is this not taken to the UN as a crime against humanity?
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