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Environmental Protesters Gather at Chevron’s Annual Meeting

More than a hundred protesters gathered outside oil giant Chevron’s headquarters on May 29 to demonstrate against the company’s “environmentally destructive” practices. Chevron was holding its annual meeting.
Peru Declares State of Emergency Over Amazon Oil Pollution

Peru’s government on March 25 declared a 90-day environmental state of emergency in the Amazon region of Loreto due to oil pollution that was not properly cleaned up by Argentine-owned Pluspetrol.
Chevron Withdraws Claim Against Ecuador in Pollution Lawsuit

Oil giant Chevron this week told New York federal judge Lewis A. Kaplan that it was dropping its claim that the $19 billion USD judgment handed down by Ecuadorian courts over the company’s Amazon contamination record was “objectively baseless” and a “sham.”

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