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"Amazon Crude"
More than 15 years ago, Ecuadorean residents sued Texaco for contaminating the Amazon Rain Forest with crude oil. The "oil waste pits" built by Texaco, now owned by Chevron, continue to leak toxins into the "region's waterways." According to an agreement between the company and the Ecuadorean government, Chevron is to cleanup 40 percent of the mess; however, the company "admitted" there is no record of all the contaminated sites.
Tags: Ecuador; Chevron; Texaco; Amazon; oil spill; toxic waste; rainforest; environmental; Petroecuador
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Plundering the Amazon
In "Plundering the Amazon," the reporters expose illegal land destruction of the Brazilian rain forest by well-known companies such as Alcoa and Cargill. These companies are destroying land without federal permits and in "violation of Brazilian law."
Tags: Alcoa; Cargill; rain forest; rainforest; Brazil; Brazilian; JBS SA; global warming; environmental; jungle
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Who's Killing The Great Trees Of Atlanta?
Not long ago Atlanta was truly a "city in a forest," Atlanta Magazine reports. Now all that is changing. "The metro area is losing trees faster than Brazil is losing rainforest." Trees are the first victims of the construction industry. Local governments only support tree preservation when it's politically convenient. "The only way to save trees is to take them out of our peripheral vision and put them in the center of our sight," the magazine says.
Tags: Atlanta; trees; deforestation
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After Burn
The Yanomami remain the world's largest Stone Age tribe; its 22,000 members roam a huge rainforest reserve that extends from northenmost Brazil into Venezuela. The government couldn't douse the biggest fires in Amazon history, but a pair of shamans did just fine: chanting and ritualizing until the rains came and the inferno was reduced to sodden ash. Some Yanomami viewed the smoke as a sign of the apocalypse, some believed it portended an epidemic and others feared that animals and humans would switch bodies. But even shamans can't repel the hazards the tribe face next.
Tags: Environment
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No title (id: 13478)
Mother Jones investigates Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, a New Orleans-based mining company with 1995 revenues of $1.8 billion. The secret to Freeport-McMoRan's success has been to keep journalists away from its Indonesian mine and put a spin on environmental and human rights abuses through high-placed political connections and a deceptive public relations campaign. (Sept. - Oct. 1996)
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Mother Jones explores environmental, economic, and political problems brought to Southeast Asian and Latin American villagers by a booming shrimp industry. Some consequences include deforestation, poverty for small shrimp farmers, violence and protest. (March, April 1996)
Tags: Nixon Rainforest shrimp Seafood Mangrove trees Coastal villages 8 pgs.
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No title (id: 13120)
The Nation looks into Freeport-McMoRan, the U.S. multinational corporation that operates the world's largest gold mine and third-largest copper mine. Irian-Jaya, the western half of the island of New Guinea, is the site of Freeport's cruelest and, with mineral reserves worth an estimated $50 billion, potentially most lucrative exploits. (July 31, 1995)
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No title (id: 12876)
The Toronto Globe and Mail investigates how many new age companies like Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Body Shop cosmetics promote themselves for using small amounts of Brazil nuts and other eco-friendly ingredients from the Amazon in ice cream, candy and cosmetics. The Globe and Mail reports the harvest has had disastrous economic and cultural consequences on native cultures. (Sept. 29, 1995)
Tags: Entine Rain-forest chic Commerical markets Product ingredients 32 pgs.
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No title (id: 7461)
Plain Dealer (Cleveland) investigates excessive cost increases and construction delays at The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's tropical rainforest exhibit; finds project's architect paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for work never performed, January - May 1990.
Tags: OH Long Thoma