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  New Amazon Oil Threat

  Andy Rowell, March 27, 2013
  On the same day that Peru declares a State of Emergency over oil pollution in the Amazon, the Ecuadorians offer 3 million hectares of pristine forest to the Chinese to explore for oil.
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  “An oil spill is ‘the sound of silence’”

  Andy Rowell, March 25, 2013
  First nations in British Colombia use the 24th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill to warn against tar sands and shipping oil via tankers.
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  Is Oil One Reason For Genocide of Rohingya in Burma?

  Andy Rowell, March 18, 2013
  Human rights campaigners are warning that further ethnic cleansing in Burma, which is being exacerbated by land clearances due the Shwe Oil Gas pipeline, could be imminent.
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  Idle No More Activist Gets Death Threat

  Andy Rowell, February 5, 2013
  The Canadian press is reporting that an Idle No More organiser has contacted the police after receiving a package containing death threats.
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  Legal Precedent Set as Shell Found Guilty in the Hague

  Andy Rowell, January 30, 2013
  The fact that a Dutch court has found Shell guilty in its home country will now set a huge precedent for further claims.
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  Idle No More to Target Tar Sands

  Andy Rowell, January 14, 2013
  Idle No More leaders are vowing to shut down Alberta’s only major highway to the dirty tar sands.
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  “Smoking Gun” Research Reveals Tar Sands Cancer Legacy

  Andy Rowell, January 8, 2013
  The latest disturbing scientific research shows that cancer-causing pollutants are linked to the tar sands.
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  Kill Bill C-45

  Andy Rowell, December 20, 2012
  Tomorrow there is an international call to action to support First Nations in Canada whose indigenous rights are being trampled by the Harper government’s budget Bill C-45, which was passed by on 14 December.
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  “We have protected these lands with our hearts, soul and lives”

  Andy Rowell, October 17, 2012
  Locals in Ecuador are fighting PetroAmazonas to explore close to the ecologically and culturally sensitive Yasuni national park.
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  Appeal Court Upholds Chevron Guilty Verdict

  Andy Rowell, January 4, 2012
  Chevron has been found guilty again. Yesterday, an Ecuadorian appeals court upheld a ruling that the oil giant should pay US$18 billion in damages for polluting the Amazon. It was last February that a local judge had ordered Chevron to pay US$8.6 billion in damages, but the amount was doubled to US$18 billion because Chevron...
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