The ad campaigns and publicity thrown out are nothing more than spin to make us think that the Alberta Oil sands are not so bad. Don’t be fooled. It is DIRTY oil, that we as consumers can’t help but consume. And it ruins Canada’s image in the eyes of environmentalists the world over.
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. This striking photo by Josh Schachter is worth a lot more than that!
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This is a call to action…
Over and over again around the world, corporations have had free reign to do what they want socially and environmentally. In their quest to increase their profits for shareholders, at all costs, corporations have known no limits, no bounds and all too often escape justice with nominal fines or so called slaps on the wrist. The world is their oyster, supplying the raw materials to exploit, the cheap labor overseas to use, and the high paying consumers in western countries who are driven by advertisers into a never ending circle of consumptionism and consumerism. What does all this add up to? It’s a recipe for disaster… environmental ruin, human rights abuses and a general public that is never satisfied or happy because they have been trained by the corporations to always want more, faster and cheaper.
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Ecuador, and the people of Ecuador are on the cutting edge of environmental protection and responsibility.
First off, villagers in Ecuador, may be the first plaintiffs in the world to hold a large American multi-national corporation accountable for the environmental damage they have caused overseas. And it might cost Chevron up to $27 Billion. So it’s significant!
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Chevron Texaco, earned record profits last year, an astounding $23.93 Billion Dollars. Not bad for a year of economic turmoil and recession. As Americans and people around the world struggled to keep their homes and make ends meet, Chevron was rolling in the cash. It rode the wave of sky high oil prices during the summer. Please click here to view Chevron’s earnings report for the fourth quarter of ‘08 and the entire year. We all know that Oil corporations are for-profit entities, but it seems that while the rest of the world seems to be crashing and burning, their ongoing gouging seems excessive to me.
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Chevron Texaco is pulling out all the stops to try to shirk their responsibility in the Oil Disasters of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. To learn more about the environmental devastation, the terrible health effects and the destruction of the Indigenous way of life in the area, please visit www.ChevronToxico.com.
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