Communities in Ecuador Fight Back Against Palm Oil
Alejandro Pérez – Residents of the communities of La Chiquita and Awá Guadalito say their drinking water has been contaminated by pollution from oil palm plantations.
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Economic Hitmen and Neoliberalism – The Truth About What’s Happening in Ecuador
Dylan Charles – the people of Ecuador are being duped by a crooked government who will do anything to survive a revolution.
US Military to Use Galapagos Islands as an Imperial Airstrip in New Deal with Ecuador
Eoin Higgins – The U.S. military wants to use one of the islands as an airstrip.
Ecuador Holds World Reforestation Record for Planting 647,250 Trees in a Single Day
Anna Hunt – Global reforestation efforts are desperately needed.
Ecuador’s Standing Rock is Happening Now – Can the World Save the Shuar?
Dylan Charles – Beyond Standing Rock, the world is in desperate need of environmental justice.
US Court says Ecuadorians Won’t Collect Here From Big Oil in ‘Biggest Environmental Case in the World’
Christina Sarich – A US courts just let Chevron/Texaco off the hook for $9 billion.
Chevron Whistleblower Videos Allegedly Show Contamination Coverup
Mike Gaworecki – “These videos prove Chevron knew full well their ‘remediated’ sites were still contaminated before the trial in Ecuador had even finished…”
The End of the Amazon – Ecuador Approves Oil Drilling in One of the Most Biodiverse Regions on the Planet
Dylan Charles, Editor Waking Times In 2007, Ecuador, a country already heavily invested in oil development, surprised the world by announcing the Yasuní ITT (Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini) Initiative which aimed to indefinitely refrain from exploiting the oil reserves contained within one of the most biologically diverse regions of the Yasuní National Park, situated in the upper Ecuadorian …
Ecuador Will Have Referendum on Fate of Yasuni After Activists Collect Over 700,000 Signatures
Jeremy Hance, Mongabay Waking Times In what is a major victory for environmentalists, campaigners with United for Yasuni have collected 727,947 signatures triggering a national referendum on whether or not oil drilling should proceed in three blocs of Yasuni National Park in Ecuador. The effort started last year after Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa, announced he …
The Hummingbird Pyramid is Discovered in La Maná, Ecuador Among 17 Ancient Temples
Alex Putney, Guest Waking Times A monumental discovery was recently made south of La Maná, Ecuador on November 17, 2013 while exploring low mountains along the Calope River. The megalithic ruins of an ancient temple have been partially exposed by the dynamite blasts of roadworkers and the erosive action of water, uncovering large sections of …
Economic Hitman John Perkins Outraged After Ecuador Government Shuts Down Pachamama Alliance
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times Respected author, public speaker and spokesperson for indigenous rights John Perkins expressed outrage today that the government of Ecuador has violently closed down the rainforest protection activist group, Pachama Alliance, which Perkins helped to create in 1995. Strongly condemning the government’s actions as illegal “This is an outrage! The …
Photos Reveal Ecuador Building Secret Oil Roads Deeper Into Richest Rainforest on Earth, the Yasuní National Park
Massimo De Marchi, Mongabay Waking Times In August 2012, professional photographers Ivan Kashinsky and Karla Gachet were on assignment for National Geographic in Yasuní National Park, home to arguably the most biodiverse rainforest in the world. While there, they happened to take an aerial shoot above an area known as Block 31 (see Map), a controversial oil concession located …
Deforestation Surges as Ecuador Kills Amazon Protection Plan
Rhett Butler, Mongabay Waking Times Data released this week by Terra-i, a collaborative mapping initiative, shows that deforestation in Ecuador for the first three months of 2013 was pacing more than 300 percent ahead of last year’s rate. The report comes shortly after Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa killed off a proposed plan to prohibit oil drilling …
Ecuadorian Court Orders Chevron to Pay $19 Billion for Environmental Damages
Lisa Garber Waking Times An Ecuadorian court recently demanded Chevron to pay $19 billion in environmental damages. This includes $900 million for the Amazon Defense Front—a coalition of plaintiffs in this decade-long legal battle—and an additional $8.6 billion because Chevron refused to apologize. Ouch! The Amazon’s Chernobyl Instead of paying up, Chevron is putting up …
Giant Tortoise Lonesome George Passes Away in Ecuador
Waking Times A sad day at Galapagos National Park in Ecuador as the giant tortoise Lonesome George, the last remaining giant tortoise of his subspecies, died this weekend. Scientists estimate that Lonesome George was over 100 years old, and many attempts to get him to reproduce over the last several decades have all failed. Lonesome …