Amazon Defense Coalition: Miami Herald Catches Chevron in Lie at Ecuador Well Site

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Amazon Defense Coalition

Amazon Defense Coalition: Miami Herald Catches Chevron in Lie at Ecuador Well Site
1 hr 43 mins ago
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2011 –

Reporter Finds Oil Sludge In "Remediated" Pit That's Part of Chevron's Fraud, Plaintiffs Say

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Miami Herald has caught Chevron in a blatant lie about its sham "remediation" in Ecuador that the company uses to defend against an $18 billion judgment in a case brought by indigenous groups.

In a story published in today's newspaper, journalist Jim Wyss said he witnessed "thick oil slicks" only a few feet into the ground of a dirt-covered storage pit at well site Sacha 53 that Chevron told him the day before had been remediated.

Company lawyers have used the well site, as well as others, as examples of Chevron's "remediation" that supposedly absolves the company of further liability.

After watching a man dig into the ground at the well site, Wyss wrote, "Within a few inches the dirt gives off the pungent odor of petroleum. Within a few feet the dirt glistens with oil residue. When a few handfuls of the soil are dropped into a bucket of water, a thick oil-slick coats the surface."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20110419/pl_usnw/DC85857

[Judi Lynn]

1. Chevron's environmental oil case turns into duel in the Amazon

Posted on Monday, 04.18.11
Chevron's environmental oil case turns into duel in the Amazon

Idyllic Ecuador – or ‘toxic’ Ecuador? These contradictory visions are at the heart of excursions for tourists led by Chevron and by environmentalists.

BY JIM WYSS
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LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador -- Donald Moncayo walks to the edge of a flat grassy field that once held two large pits that brimmed with a stew of water and crude from an oil-drilling operation. He lifts a heavy auger above his head and prepares to plunge it into the ground.

“They always show you the shirt the coat and the tie,” he said of the area, called Sacha 53, which is now pastureland and spindly trees. “They never show you the tumor underneath the shirt.”

For almost a decade, celebrities, journalists and shareholders have tromped through Ecuador’s jungles on competing excursions that have become a routine part of what could be the world’s most expensive environmental case.

The “Toxic Tour” — led by Moncayo — is held on behalf of some 30,000 Ecuadorian villagers who claim Chevron’s predecessor poisoned their environment with shoddy environmental practices that included pumping millions of gallons of oil-tainted wastewater into creeks and streams.

More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/10/2174079/site-visits-at-center-of-chevron.html

[Snoutport]

2. Good God, big oil ruined the gulf, get them the HELL out of the rainforest now!! nt

[Peace Patriot]

3. The Miami Hairball reverts to the Miami Herald (its better self) for at least today. Wow! nt

[indimuse]

4. KNR! n/t