Archive for February, 2010

‘Avatar’ is Real in the Amazon

By Brianna
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Avatar is Real in Ecuador

Chevron CEO John Watson conspiring with Colonel Quaritch from the movie Avatar.

Once upon a time there was a movie.

Hundreds of millions of people around the world saw this movie. They were transported to the beautiful jungles of Pandora and introduced to the blue Na’vis and the evil RDA corporation.

Avatar (or unil-tìran-tokx in the Na’vi language) has been nominated for 9 Oscars. James Cameron, its infamous creator, has explicitly said he wants the highest grossing film in history to inspire mass environmental activism.

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Chevron Lies – People Die

By Brianna
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Boy stands on oil pipelne in the Amazonian rainforest. - Photo by Lou Dematteis

In today’s “Chevron is a dirty liar” news: The oil giant pulls another dirty PR trick and lies to avoid paying $27 billion to clean up their toxic legacy in Ecuador. (more…)

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The Human Costs of Chevron

By Brianna
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Modesta Briones - Photo by Lou Dematteis

As many of you know, there is lawsuit that has been going on for over 16 years to get Chevron to own up and clean up its toxic legacy in Ecuador. The lawsuit is on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadorean people who are suffering and dying because of Chevron’s refusal to the do the right thing. (more…)

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Washington Post (un)freezes Change Chevron online ad

By Brianna
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

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For the last week, team Change Chevron has been embroiled in a corporate free speech battle involving a scrappy little enviro group called Rainforest Action Network, The Washington Post, and one of the largest oil corporations on the planet (Chevron).

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