Occidental is making headline news again. BBC did an article on their televised
World Reports. The Independant (also a U.K. media outlet) covered it well enough online...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americ...icle2510907.ecePrior Incidents by same companyhttp://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1997/July97/281enr.htmhttp://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/Pre_96/December95/638.txt.htmlThis is from a
Green site regarding their drilling activities back in 2000....
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U'wa Solidarity Campaign
We support the U'wa indigenous people of Columbia opposing plans by Occidental Petroleum to drill for oil on U'wa traditional land. Greenaction and Rainforest Action Network held protests at the offices of Fidelity Investments, a major investor in Occidental. We will pressure presidential candidate Al Gore to oppose this oil drilling, as his family invests in Occidental. |
SOURCE:
http://www.greenaction.org/org/accomplishm.../fall2000.shtml(listed as 9th paragraph)
Are we poisoning our environment in the struggles to meet crucial energy demands? How far are we willing to go to keep gasoline prices below $3.50 or $4.00 a gallon this summer? Thoughts?