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Chevron found guilty!

02/15/2011 Nativegrl77

Yesterday marked a historic day for corporate accountability. A judge in Ecuador found Chevron guilty of massive oil contamination in the Amazon rainforest and ordered the company to pay over $8 billion to clean it up.

The verdict is the culmination of an 18-year struggle by the Indigenous and rural Ecuadoreans — the real heroes of this epic fight — who first sued Chevron to force the company to clean up its oily mess back in 1993. The battle is won, but the war for corporate accountability is far from over.

Chevron has vowed to appeal the decision, and it’s all too clear that the company intends to never pay for its oil pollution in the Amazon. Tell Chevron CEO John Watson that enough is enough – Chevron needs to clean up Ecuador NOW.http://act.ran.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3347

For 18 years the Ecuadorean plaintiffs have withstood the impacts of Chevron’s pollution in the Amazon, as well as an unprecedented PR and legal campaign aimed at discrediting them and minimizing the extent of the damage that’s been done to their health and livelihoods. The evidence of the company’s guilt is overwhelming. It’s time for Chevron to take responsibility for its mess.

John Watson needs to do the right thing and pledge to clean up the Ecuadorean Amazon by complying with the judgment in Ecuador. Some 1,400 people have already died as a result of Chevron refusing to take responsibility, and 30,000 more are at risk. The people living with Chevron’s pollution can’t wait while the company launches another PR campaign and attempts even more dirty tricks and shady legal maneuvers to try and evade its responsibility.

Stand up for the people of Ecuador, for human rights, and for corporate accountability: Tell Chevron CEO John Watson to stop stalling and clean up Ecuador NOW.http://act.ran.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3347

Are you an employee who wants to Change Chevron?

We don’t pretend to know everything about working at Chevron. We do know many communities are suffering because of the way Chevron does business around the world. As an employee of Chevron you can literally save peoples’ lives by working inside the company to change it.

We want to hear from you. The call’s confidential and on us: 1-877-844-4114

Employees can change Chevron.

For a cleaner future,

Ginger, Maria, Linda, and Mike

Change Chevron

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Spoof the Vote

11/04/2010 Nativegrl77

Vote for your favorite Chevron ad spoof

RAN and Amazon Watch along with the creative geniuses at the Yes Men and Funny or Die have been having an absolute field day these last two weeks derailing Chevron’s new multimillion dollar “We Agree” ad campaign. It’s been grand.

Want in on it?

Chevron’s ads claim “oil companies should support the communities they’re a part of,” while in reality, the oil giant is still refusing to clean the toxic pollution it left in the Ecuadorean Amazon which is poisoning thousands of Indigenous peoples there.

Chevron must think we’re all really stupid. Well, guess what? The joke’s on them. Go to ChevronThinksWereStupid.org and show Chevron just how smart you are…

3 Ways YOU Can Punk Chevron

1 CREATE
Submit your own spoof video or print ad before November 18th. So fun.

2 VOTE
Vote for your favorite ad and share the contest with all of your friends.

3 POST
Print out our fake Chevron ads and post or wheatpaste ‘em up around your town.

The oil giant is doing its best to wrangle “We Agree” back from our merry band of pranksters by tainting the airwaves, world wide web, and all forms of public transport with these BS greenwashed ads. Don’t let ‘em.

Since we don’t have the same kind of dough Chevron does to pay for big billboards, mass transit ads or TV commercials, we’re relying on pure old-fashioned people power to spread this spoof ad campaign far and wide…this means we need all of YOU to punk Chevron too.

Take it from people who know, it makes a difference!

		For the people,
		Mike Gaworecki Change Chevron Online Campaigner

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Get down and dirty with RAN

09/02/2010 Nativegrl77

Take Action With RAN On 10/10/10

On 10/10/10 we’re joining our friends at 350.org and thousands of people around the world for a day of action meant to inspire real leadership on the climate crisis and demand that corporations clean up their dirty energy. In true RAN style, however, we’ll be targeting one of the country‘s biggest and baddest corporations: Chevron.

Will you join us in demanding that Chevron clean up its dirty energy?

RAN will be heading to Chevron gas stations across the country to show this corporate polluter how the clean up their act. From their dirty oil refinery in Richmond, California, to their toxic legacy in Ecuador‘s rainforest, Chevron is a danger to our communities, our health and the climate.

Take action on 10/10/10 at a Chevron gas station near you.

Head out to your local Chevron station with us. Sign up to start a 10/10/10 day of action at your Chevron station. All you need are some “cleaning supplies,” some friends and some fun. Don’t worry; we’ll make sure you have all the things you need to make your event a success.

One last thing: we want to share your actions with the world. So don’t forget to bring a camera, capture the moment and send us your photos or videos.

Let’s get to work and hold corporate polluters like Chevron accountable on 10/10/10.

See you at the stations!