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kristinamarie:

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For over three decades, Chevron chose profit over people.

While drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon from 1964 to 1990, Texaco – which merged with Chevron in 2001 – deliberately dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater, spilled roughly 17 million gallons of crude oil, and left hazardous waste in hundreds of open pits dug out of the forest floor. To save money, Texaco chose to use environmental practices that were obsolete, did not meet industry standards, and were illegal in Ecuador and the United States.

The result was, and continues to be, one of the worst environmental disasters on the planet. Contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface streams has caused local indigenous and campesino people to suffer a wave of mouth, stomach and uterine cancer, birth defects, and spontaneous miscarriages. Chevron has never cleaned up the mess it inherited, and its oil wastes continue to poison the rainforest ecosystem.

I’ve seen a special about this before. I don’t recall which news station covered it, but it was absolutely disgusting seeing the damage they caused without an ounce of remorse. I haven’t been to a Chevron/Texaco since.

kristinamarie:

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“A picture is worth a thousand words,” they say. I think it’s also worth a thousand emotions.

:(

Years and years ago when I was a pre-school teacher Stephan and I would babysit a little boy from my class on the weekends while his mother picked up extra shifts. His father died in Iraq. Justin would always bring us new pictures of him and tell us that he doesn’t remember him but his daddy was a real-life hero, just like his G.I. Joes. And that he couldn’t wait to meet him someday when he too gets to go to heaven. I DIED EVERY TIME!!!!!!

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kristinamarie:

quote-book: ♥ trisha

Agreed.