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Video from Outside the Chevron AGM
May 26, 2011 - Recount of the 2011 Chevron AGM in San Ramon, CA as told by international delegates from across the globe.
Video of Press Conference
May 24, 2011 - Video of the May 24th True Cost of Chevron Network press conference in San Francisco, CA.
Chevron Feels the Heat
May 26, 2011, AlterNet - By Tina Gerhardt: "We are the human face of Chevron's operations, armed with the memories of our dead relatives, our neighbors, our sick children," said one woman who traveled from Ecuador.
Chevron CEO John Watson Addresses Protesters
May 26, 2011, San Francisco Chronicle - By David R. Baker: In a two-hour meeting that touched on controversies from California to the Philippines, Watson faced activists who repeatedly accused the company of polluting the environment and collaborating with repressive regimes.
Women Demand Environmental Justice from Chevron
May 25, 2011, Ms. Magazine - By Kari Paul: Women traversed the globe from as far as Ecuador, Nigeria, Colombia and Indonesia to make their voices heard today at Chevron's annual shareholder's meeting in California. In contrast to last year – when activists were denied the mic – 22 indigenous, First Nation and other community activists spoke at the meeting, supported by 150 protesters who gathered outside.
Chevron Under Siege at Shareholder Meeting in San Ramon
May 25, 2011, Contra Costa Times - By George Avalos: Activists besieged Chevron at its shareholders meeting here Wednesday, in a gathering punctuated by shouts from attendees, warnings the event would be terminated early and interventions by security guards.
Press Release: Chevron Meeting to Highlight Companies Successes Turned into Forum on Abuses
May 25, 2011 - Today at Chevron's annual shareholder meeting, 22 indigenous, First Nation, and other impacted community members and supporters who had traveled to the company's headquarters from locations around the globe and across the state confronted CEO John Watson with the brutal human and environmental abuses caused by the oil giants operations.
AGM Statements
May 25, 2011 - Statements from organizations and individuals who attended Chevron's AGM with the True Cost of Chevron Network
Activists' True Cost Report Takes on Chevron
May 24, 2011, San Francisco Chronicle - By David R. Baker: With Chevron Corp. set to hold its annual shareholder meeting this morning, a global network of the company's critics on Tuesday released a report accusing the oil giant of environmental crimes around the world.
Investors Call on SEC to Probe Chevron over Ecuador Statements
May 24, 2011, Responsible Investor - By Daniel Brooksbank: Trillium Asset Management, the Boston-based sustainable and responsible investment specialist, has written to the Securities and Exchange Commission calling for the regulator to investigate Chevron Corp.'s disclosures about the recent $18bn Ecuador judgment.
Chevron's Critics Gather Before Annual Shareholder Meeting
May 24, 2011, San Francisco Bay Guardian - By Carly Nairn: Chevron destroys everything, except profits. And by everything, we mean everything. The Amazon rainforest and its indigenous communities? Check. The Boreal Forest in northern Canada and its indigenous communities? Check. The Niger Delta? Check. Indonesia, Texas, and Iraq? Check, check and check. And even San Francisco's own neighbor, Richmond, the home of one of Chevron's largest oil refineries in the world? A big, whopping check.
Press Release: Chevron Exposed and Under Fire From Unprecedented Global Coalition
May 24, 2011 - At a press conference today in San Francisco, over one dozen community leaders from Angola, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria, Alaska, Texas, across California, and more gathered at a Chevron gas station to expose the harms of Chevron's operations in the communities where they live and advocate.
Chevron Critics Hold Protest at Shareholders Meeting
May 24, 2011, San Ramon Express - By Jessica Lipsky: Several activist groups and dozens of supporters rallied at Chevron's headquarters during the company's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday morning to demand environmental, economic and climate justice. Organizers said they want Chevron to take responsibility for pollution caused by their operations.
Interview with True Cost of Chevron Activists
May 23, 2011, KPFA - The interview is with Antonia Juhasz, Global Exchange; Elias Isaac, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa - Angola; and Pius Ginting, WALHI-Friends of the Earth Indonesia.
Chevron's Shareholders Should Say No to Offshore Drilling
May 20, 2011, Huffington Post - By Antonia Juhasz: Next week, Chevron's annual shareholder meeting will be met by protesters, including those who will travel from Angola, Nigeria, Canada, Alaska, and the U.S. Gulf Coast to demonstrate against Chevron's deep-sea operations. At the meeting, Chevron will ask shareholder permission to pursue an aggressive expansion into ever-deeper offshore operations. Chevron's role in the aftermath of BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, and investigations finding systemic problems within the entire offshore industry, should give both its shareholders and the broader public great concern about the safety of this expansion.
Press Release: The Truth Behind Big Oil Exposed
May 19, 2011 - Days before oil giant's annual shareholder meeting, local and international community leaders from Nigeria to Ecuador to Richmond reveal firsthand reality of Chevron's operations are not what is seen on TV.
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