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Scott Pelley Reports On A Multi-Billion Dollar Lawsuit Over Oil Drilling Pollution
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- The Amazon Defense Coalition is a group of 5 indigenous groups and campesino people that was formed in 1993 when the first lawsuit was filed. More information can be found here:
http://www.texacotoxico.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=47
It is probably the most well known and respected social organizations in all of Ecuador's Amazon. They work on many environmental issues in the Amazon which affect the human rights of its members, the Chevron case being just one. - Reply to this comment
- They do it to maximize profit. As common people, my girl friend and I have decided to stop filling up our cars at any of their gas stations. Unfortunately, some people's greed is destroying our only known home - Earth.
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- Who is this "Amazon Defense Coalition" that's behind all the press releases on this subject?
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- I am familiar with this story as it is the largest environmental law suit in history. Not to give Chevron/Texaco a free pass, but CBS gave a grossly one side portrayal. It is an important trial and it is very clear that CBS or at the very least Pelley has an agenda.
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- In today's market companies under fire for bad practices hire PR firms to attack on-line blogs and post their spin. You can see that Chevron had a PR firm already lined up with a staff ready to post responses immediately. How often do you see so many people ready to come to the defense of a known bad practice Corporation. In fact Chevron has many other skeletons in the closet other than Ecuador so they have had plenty of practice. By the way these posters for hire are called Flacks because it is their job to take the flack and turn the tables on the bloggers. They are just unethical slime and will be here until the 5 day package runs out and that will be the last you see of them. This is all being orchestrated by Donald Samson the PR Director of Chevron who hired the firm of Hill & Knowlton and here is the link to verify what I am saying.
http://chevrontoxico.com/news-and-multimedia/2009/0331-chevron-pr-director-donald-samson-behind-secret-payments-to-bloggers-to-hide-ecuador-liability.html
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- Thanks you 60 Minutes for reporting on this important matter. The spokespeople for Chevron should be ashamed of themselves. If they spent the money they are spending on lawyers and PR on cleaning up the mess they made or by providing clean drinking water to the local people they would earn my respect. Chevron and trhe Ecuadorian government should share the cost and clean it up now!
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- Posted by Whydontyoutellthetruth at 12:36 PM : May 4, 2009
Chevron can afford a better 'shill' than you, I wonder why they didn't? - Reply to this comment
- Chevron?s Ten Biggest Lies about Ecuador
Chevron Lie #1: Texaco?s operational practices caused no harm to the environment.
Chevron has admitted that Texaco dumped over 18.5 billion gallons of toxic produced
water into the rainforest near the small town of Lago Agrio from 1964 to 1992.
Chevron Lie #2: Scientific evidence at trial proves Texaco caused no harm.
A court-ordered report conducted by 15 independent scientists found that 100% of the
Chevron sites examined by the court had illegal toxin levels.
Chevron Lie #3: Texaco?s operational practices were customary for the industry.
Texaco?s operational practices in Ecuador violated industry practices and a host of laws
dating back to the 1920s.
Chevron Lie #4: The dumping of toxic ?waste water? poses no health risk.
Health risks from being exposed to oil and oil wastes are well documented in the
scientific literature. Several studies have found high cancer rates where Texaco operated.
Chevron Lie #5: Texaco remediated the damage.
The ?remediation? covered less than 1% of the damage. Texaco dumped dirt over a
small number of waste pits - the equivalent of using makeup to treat skin cancer.
Chevron Lie #6: The Ecuador trial court is biased against Chevron.
Texaco fought to avoid trial in the U.S. by claiming Ecuador?s courts were fair. When
the evidence showed it was culpable, Chevron started to attack the court process.
Chevron Lie #7: The plaintiffs are undermining the due process rights of Chevron.
Chevron has been afforded more due process in Ecuador than probably any defendant in
history. It is Chevron that has tried to undermine the rights of the plaintiffs.
Chevron Lie #8: Soil samples show no contamination.
Soil sampling evidence from each of the ?remediated? sites shows significant
contamination, often thousands of times higher than norms.
Chevron Lie #9: The responsibility for further remediation rests with Petroecuador.
Texaco exclusively designed, built and operated the oil production infrastructure in
Ecuador. As operator, it is responsible for environmental damage it caused.
Chevron Lie #10: The Court-appointed expert is neither qualified nor neutral.
More than 25 scientists have reviewed the report and found its conclusions reasonable.
Chevron attacks any judge or journalist who does not agree with it.
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- Well it would be interesting to check the lineage of all the Chevron apologists in this thread. They have been trying to manipulate facts in this for a very long time and have basically lost or been rebuffed at every turn. Just as the fear and phoniness was evident in the eyes of the Chevron mouth piece last night so to does it run through some of the self serving posts here!
Mind you that is perhaps the American way isn't it. Maybe it is time CBS looked into the background connections between the Fed, Treasury and certain major bankers and back room manipulators of markets.. but I digress
The Amazon Crude was a most insightful story and very much appreciated. It is quite disgusting to see how players from many fronts abuse the planet and have little respect for their fellow humans.
We have given up on North America and in fact are moving to Ecuador and will gladly support any cause to bring common sense and fair play back into the business practices of North American companies - Reply to this comment
- I was surprised by 60 minute's attempt to influence the trial by "tampering" directly with the judge. Both sides are given their opportunity to present their information in the courtroom, where rules of evidence are assumed to prevail. Trying to influence an outcome by trying to tell the judge what he should do would have you slapped with contempt of court had you done it in the U.S.
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