Comments on: New Photo Book Proves That Chevron Caused Ecuador’s “Amazon Chernobyl”

By: chernobyl environmental images | my Album

chernobyl environmental images | my Album — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:28:59 +0000

[...] New Photo Book Proves That Chevron Caused Ecuador's вЂњAmazon … Oct 24, 2008 … вЂњWe often hear of environmental catastophes but almost never meet the people who suffer the … [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:54:25 +0000

It goes without saying that what Chevron and I’m sure many others involved actively destroyed an ecosystem and worst of all PEOPLE, but what I wanted to comment upon was your review of the book, specifically about how the authors should have included reasons why it is so awful that indigenous groups are destroyed. That’s just it, that’s why it’s so horrible, end of story. They were building the tension to tell us that it’s heinous that people have been decimated. There is no other reason why we should be outraged and grief stricken. The way you said that the authors should have given us more reasons sounded as if you were treating the people who live there as animals or objects. I got almost a “Okay, okay, so yeah, that’s bad, but what does that have to do with me?” vibe from it.

By: Fayona

Fayona — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:47:29 +0000

It’s the first time that I heared about this story and you did a tremendous job in keeping people informed about this crime agaist people and nature. Don’t let this die. The people have the right to get justice.

By: Will Bolivia Be Ruined, Improved, or Hated Because of Electric Cars? : EcoWorldly

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:28:19 +0000

[...] leaving other countries impoverished and often polluted despite their ownership of these resources (see this case in Ecuador, for instance). So I guess if Morales’ idea to make lithium of value to the entire people [...]

By: Rolando Chalco

Rolando Chalco — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:44:43 +0000

Hi to who too a time write and show to the public this kind of abuse and INRESPOSIBLE for what they do to the poor comunyties ,and who can do this? is only people who has money and are close to the gorvernment of Bush they are most greediest and hungry for money they can you infront of everybody for money ,yes it is CHEVRON AND NOW THEY HAVE NEW SPILL who is goin to clean nobody ,who did nobody knows iam so UPSET WITH THIS i wish i can get in touch with the president Correa and ask what he doin to proctect Ecuadorian people from this monsters.
I TOTALY angry ,iam mean angry because they don’t only exploit the country ,they alse steal the well been of this people who live close to this mines.

Thanksyou for taking your time to read.

Rolando C.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:14:11 +0000

The solution: http://www.amazonmycorenewal.org

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:32:16 +0000

If you want to find out more about the contamination, go to this blog: http://www.thechevronpit.blogspot.com

There’s also a very good article that appeared a couple days ago on Bloomberg. You will want to read it: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=&sid=aymV5i.4yp.E

By: Global Climate Court Could Embarrass Governments into Taking Action on Climate Change : EcoWorldly

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:25:32 +0000

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By: Forest Policy Research » Blog Archive » 428 - Latin American Tree News

Forest Policy Research » Blog Archive » 428 - Latin American Tree News — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:29:24 +0000

[...] 9) “We often hear of environmental catastophes but almost never meet the people who suffer the consequences.” Those are some of the introductory words of Lou Dematteis, one of the authors and photographers of the new photo book Crude Reflections: Oil, Ruin, and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest. Using photographs to illustrate their subject, Dematteis and fellow scribe/photographer Kayana Szymczak present a damning case against Chevron, whose oil operations and despicable waste disposal practices from the 1960s onward have devastated the northeast region of Ecuador. The health problems and catastrophic destruction caused by Chevron’s pollution of the rainforest is now referred to as the “Amazon Chernobyl.” Chevron dumped waste oil in unsealed pits, burnt it into the air, and put it on roads to keep down dust. The company’s other option would have been to pump the waste back into the ground, something that it was already doing in the United States– in fact, Chevron was the first company to adopt the practice. Without sentiment, Crude Reflections presents the gruesome evidence of human suffering that is occurring in Ecuador. This indictment is crucial now, right as Chevron tries to weasel their way out of facing a major court decision that has been in the making since a case was first opened in 1993 against them by Ecuadorians. The verdict will justifiably announce the company’s wrongdoing to a world audience and possibly bankrupt it as well. Stories like those of Jairo Yumbo (pictured at top) show how immediate and serious the pollution and health problems have become. Jairo’s father, a coffee and cocoa farmer, explains that a stream near his house that his family uses for drinking and bathing water is polluted with crude. His son was born with a deformed hand that doctors told him was a direct result from the pollution. When he took Jairo to a clinic run by Chevron “they said that his hand had nothing to do with the oil, that it was a result of a medicine we took to stop having children. We never took any medicine, but I preferred not to say anything; I just left. The oil company people always become angry if we said anything or complained.” http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/10/24/new-photo-book-proves-that-chevron-caused-ecuadors-amazon-chernobyl… [...]

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:39:29 +0000

Thanks for this eye-opening post. What a horrible situation.