"This is What a Clean-Up Looks Like!" (tags)
“In 1971, Occidental Petroleum was reinjecting their production waters back into the ground here in the United States and elsewhere where they were operating. [So] they had the technology—it was just more expensive to do it [in Peru], and no one was regulating them. This is environmental racism.” -- Mitchell Anderson, Amazon Watch
Two Upcoming Events to Expose Pollution, Sickness in Peru Caused by Occidental Petroleum (tags)
“Oxy systematically dumped nine billion barrels of toxic wastewater into the Northern Peruvian Amazon, in Achuar territory. They’re unwilling to clean it up, so we are going to be out there on Wednesday at 12:30 teaching them how to clean up after themselves. " -- Mitchell Anderson of Amazon Watch
Direct Action to Stop the war March 19th arrests (tags)
From March 19th Direct Action to Stop the War Rally (DASW) Arrestees still in custody: 5 Keep up the solidarity for these folks!!! Legal information from your friendly legal working group...