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Chevron Says These People Don’t Matter

Posted on April 30, 2013 9:57 am by admin Comment
Hundreds of people have died from cancer caused by contamination left by Chevron in the Ecuadoran rainforest, where it drilled under the Texaco brand from 1964 to 1992. Thousands, more suffer from respiratory illnesses, deformities, skin disease, spontaneous abortions and other ailments.
The Ecuadorans in these photographs and approximately 30,000 other rainforest residents recently won an $18 billion damage award from Ecuador’s courtsagainst Chevron. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the company refuses to pay. If it did, the money would fund a cleanup of the contamination and provide clean drinking water and health care services for people living in Chevron’s former concession area.
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Chevron Defies California On Carbon Emissions

Posted on April 30, 2013 9:53 am by admin Comment

Check out this article from Bloomberg:

Chevron Corp. (CVX) helped write the first-in-the-nation rule ordering reduced carbon emissions from cars and trucks. Its biofuels chief spoke at the ceremony where California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the executive order in 2007, the same year the oil company pledged to develop a gasoline replacement from wood.

Now Chevron is leading a lobbying and public relations campaign to undercut the California mandate aimed at curbing global warming, two years after the state started phasing it in. Research on commercially viable climate-friendly products has come to naught, stymied by the poor economics of coaxing hydrocarbons from plants’ stubborn cell walls, according to Chevron officials.

The rest here: http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-18/chevron-defies-california-on-carbon-emissions.html