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Standoff in Ecuador Ends With Leader's Rescue - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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It Doesn't Matter if Ecuador Can Afford This Dam. China Still Gets Paid. - The New York... - 0 views

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Spain's welcome mat for immigrants wearing thin - 7 views

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CDIZ, Spain - The San Jose Park in the center of this port city bustled as evening fell. Children scrambled on the playground. Young people strolled arm in arm. Amid the activity, Leonor Molina, an immigrant from Ecuador, leafed through a catalog as she watched over an elderly Spanish woman in a wheelchair.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">CDIZ, Spain - The San Jose Park in the center of this port city bustled as evening fell. Children scrambled on the playground. Young people strolled arm in arm. Amid the activity, Leonor Molina, an immigrant from Ecuador, leafed through a catalog as she watched over an elderly Spanish woman in a wheelchair.</div>

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Chevron Toxic Waste Pit in Ecuador: Designed to Pollute - 2 views

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Chevron Less Developed World:

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Heather Anderson on 16 Oct 10

This is video evidence on the toxic pollution caused by Texaco, bought by Chevron, which now refuses to take responsibility to clean it up. A family friend used to be a geologist and work examining soil quality. The company she worked at got most of their business from (I think) Chevron. Chevron (or some other company) would finish with well sites and then neglect to clean them up/ make them safe. When environmental agencies requested that Chevron examine and clean up their left over sites, Chevron made our friend's company file a report saying that they were "monitoring" the site to see what happens. Basically, instead of working to help the environment, they were helping a big petroleum company squirm out of taking responsibility. She eventually quit her job because 1) it wasn't what she had hoped it would be, and 2) there was nothing to do all day, since one of their only jobs was to report that sites were being "monitored" and meanwhile do nothing. NOTE: take this story with a grain of salt, because I don't remember the conversation perfectly, nor do I know the details of her job, the company, the situation, etc... this is just my general recollection.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is video evidence on the toxic pollution caused by Texaco, bought by Chevron, which now refuses to take responsibility to clean it up. A family friend used to be a geologist and work examining soil quality. The company she worked at got most of their business from (I think) Chevron. Chevron (or some other company) would finish with well sites and then neglect to clean them up/ make them safe. When environmental agencies requested that Chevron examine and clean up their left over sites, Chevron made our friend's company file a report saying that they were "monitoring" the site to see what happens. Basically, instead of working to help the environment, they were helping a big petroleum company squirm out of taking responsibility. She eventually quit her job because 1) it wasn't what she had hoped it would be, and 2) there was nothing to do all day, since one of their only jobs was to report that sites were being "monitored" and meanwhile do nothing. NOTE: take this story with a grain of salt, because I don't remember the conversation perfectly, nor do I know the details of her job, the company, the situation, etc... this is just my general recollection.</div>

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Kay Bradley on 17 Oct 10

Wow. That's quite a story, Heather. Two years ago in Ethics we did a case study on this--a Head-Royce Alum who is a biologist and photographer participated in the making of a documentary about this story called "Crude."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Wow. That's quite a story, Heather. Two years ago in Ethics we did a case study on this--a Head-Royce Alum who is a biologist and photographer participated in the making of a documentary about this story called "Crude."</div>

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anonymous on 18 Oct 10

Quite the video, too. It's sad how people get so upset over the BP oil spill, but when I bring up the chevron issue (and talk about what we studied toward the end of last year) to my friends, they typically have no idea this went on (and still is, since it seems the old sites are only being "monitored").

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Quite the video, too. It's sad how people get so upset over the BP oil spill, but when I bring up the chevron issue (and talk about what we studied toward the end of last year) to my friends, they typically have no idea this went on (and still is, since it seems the old sites are only being "monitored").</div>

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Gregory Freiberg on 18 Oct 10

Yeah I sort of feel ignorant right now because i honestly had no idea that that was going on. I am shocked at how blatant that is. When i first saw the oil on the ground i was like wow that horrible but then i was even further horrified with i realized that it was so blatant they even put a pipe connecting it to the rest of the forest for drainage purposes. It is unbelievable what huge corporations do to the world and make a huge profit by polluting someone else's backyard. :( awesome video though Heather. Thank you for educating me

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yeah I sort of feel ignorant right now because i honestly had no idea that that was going on. I am shocked at how blatant that is. When i first saw the oil on the ground i was like wow that horrible but then i was even further horrified with i realized that it was so blatant they even put a pipe connecting it to the rest of the forest for drainage purposes. It is unbelievable what huge corporations do to the world and make a huge profit by polluting someone else's backyard. :( awesome video though Heather. Thank you for educating me</div>

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Amara Plaza-Jennings on 19 Oct 10

Last year Latino Club went to see "Crude" (Heather, I think you went too) and it only built off of what you see in this video here. The rivers that he was saying would get contaminated are used by different villages and many people developed cancer and other health problems from the oil in their water. It's appalling what Chevron did and, as you all said, how few people know about it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Last year Latino Club went to see "Crude" (Heather, I think you went too) and it only built off of what you see in this video here. The rivers that he was saying would get contaminated are used by different villages and many people developed cancer and other health problems from the oil in their water. It's appalling what Chevron did and, as you all said, how few people know about it.</div>

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