Han Shan, AlterNet. October 30, 2009. It appears that American oil giant Chevron is employing methods -- and people -- that are as dirty as the toxic waste pits it left scattered across the rainforest floor.
Byard Duncan, AlterNet. September 2, 2009. Over the past 28 years, the oil giant has polluted rivers, poisoned the atmosphere and caused immeasurable damage to children.
Han Shan, AlterNet. August 26, 2009. The new film exposes an environmental tragedy experts call the "Amazon Chernobyl," and believe is the worst case of oil-related contamination ever.
Agence France Presse August 6, 2009. Rupert Murdoch broke the news after the global media giant reported that it ended its business year with a net loss of 3.4 billion dollars due to hefty charges of 9.2 billion dollars.
tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 27, 2009. As long as it is technically feasible to alter or erase information, these devices are dangerous to a free society.
Agence France Presse June 16, 2009. Yehude Simon has been embroiled in a major confrontation between state and indigenous leaders over plans to open the Amazon to development.
Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor. June 3, 2009. An Ecuadorean court alleges that Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron, knowingly unleashed toxins across an estimated 1,700 square miles.
Deanna Zandt, DeannaZandt.com AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. April 13, 2009. This is the kind of story that sends me down the rabbit hole of musing for days.
Deanna Zandt, The Women's Media Center AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. April 13, 2009. Using blogs, Facebook and Twitter, angry authors and readers go on attack for apparent censorship -- company claims "glitch."
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Media and Technology. April 13, 2009. Yesterday, author Mark R. Probst noticed that Amazon has been pulling the sales rank numbers from many LGBT books.
Daniel Howden, The Independent UK. January 17, 2008. A month ago it vowed to fight deforestation. Now research reveals it funds the rainforest's biggest threat.
Robert Jereski, AlterNet. October 15, 2007. New York City's parks department is America's biggest destroyer of Amazonian rain forest, and Mayor Bloomberg isn't doing much to stop it.
Kelly Hearn, AlterNet. January 17, 2006. In the midst of an Amazonian oil boom, classified documents reveal deep links between oil companies and Ecuador's military.
