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First International Conference on Extractive Industry Accountability / May 23-25, Washington, DC / Updated Schedule |
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Our Earth Institute proudly presents the first “International Extractive Industry Accountability Conference” at the George Washington University in Washington, DC on May 23 - 25, 2011. The primary goal of this Conference will be to develop and implement an effective International Strategy to hold Extractive Industries accountable for the consequences of their actions and to force them to change. The conference will have several components.
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Our Earth Institute was established in order to create a dynamic network of persons and organizations with special talents, connecting U.S. organizations with each other and with the Global South. This network strives to develop and promote policies that place control of the world’s resources back into the hands individuals and communities, rather than in the pockets of governments and corporations. Our Earth Institute works to further democratic rights, build sustainable communities, protect indigenous peoples rights, and to ensure the health and well being of the planet and its entire people.
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Indigenous Ecuadoran Woman Humbles US Oil Giant |
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by Vaeria Pacheco - Wed-Feb, 23, 2011
RUMIPAMBA, Ecuador (AFP) - She has no legal training, and doesn't speak the Spanish that dominates government in Quito, but indigenous villager Maria Aguinda helped bring a landmark judgment against US oil giant Chevron for polluting the rain forest she call home. The diminutive grandmother whose modest home sits near marshes clogged for decades in sticky oil has been at the heart of the David-and-Goliath case, and spoke out after Chevron was slapped last week with a $9.5-billion fine, among the heaviest ever handed down for environmental damage.
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