Ecuadorian Lawyer Suing Chevron Over Amazon Rainforest Devastation

Lawyer Seeks Meeting with Governor Schwarzenegger over Chevron's Refusal to Clean Up Devastated Rain

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. October 14, 2008

Interviews, photos/B-Roll footage available upon request

Press release and letter to the Governor: http://amazonwatch.org/view_news.php?id=1363

Vanity Fair profile of Pablo Fajardo: http://amazonwatch.org/newsroom/view_news.php?id=1357

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WHO:

---|Pablo Fajardo, the plaintiffs' lead lawyer in the landmark environmental lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador; Luis Macas, Ecuadorian national indigenous leader and former presidential candidate;

---|Humberto Piaguaje, leader of the indigenous Secoya nation, affected by Chevron^aEURTMs dumping (in traditional tribal regalia); and

---|Guillermo Grefa, a leader from the Kichwa community of Rumipamba, also affected by Chevron's dumping.

PRESS CONFERENCE/PHOTO OP:

The front steps of City Hall, San Francisco, 11.30am PST, Tuesday, April 24, 2007

PHOTO OP/PROTEST:

In front of Chevron's annual shareholder meeting, 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583, from 7.15am to 9am, Wednesday, April 25, 2007

MEDIA BRIEFING:

Straight after Chevron's annual shareholder meeting, in front of Chevron's offices at 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583, 10.30am, Wednesday, April 25, 2007

BACKGROUND:

Pablo Fajardo, the lead lawyer in the landmark Ecuadorian environmental lawsuit against Chevron (formerly Texaco), is in California calling for justice for the 30,000 Amazon rainforest plaintiffs whose lives and lands have been ruined by Chevron's dumping over three decades of 18 billion gallons of toxic waste containing 30 times more crude oil than the ExxonValdez spill.

Mr. Fajardo, profiled at length in the current edition of Vanity Fair, has written to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to ask for his help in the quest to make Chevron clean up its mess in a once pristine area of highly biodiverse tropical rainforest. He is also seeking the support of Californians and Chevron investors as the oil giant, based in San Ramon, northern California, holds its annual shareholder meeting next Wednesday. An indigenous delegation from Ecuador (not including Mr. Fajardo) will attend the meeting as proxy shareholders to tell Chevron management and stockholders how Ecuadorians in the contaminated rainforest are dying from cancer and other illnesses while Chevron spends millions on its legal defense. Mr. Fajardo, Mr. Macas, Mr. Piaguaje and Mr. Grefa will be available for interview in the Bay Area from Sunday through Wednesday.