Today is World Indigenous Peoples Day!

Dear Friend of the Amazon and Indigenous Peoples,

Today is World Indigenous Peoples Day!

Demand Justice for Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon!

YOU can help hold Chevron accountable for poisoning the rainforests and peoples of the Amazon. Indigenous communities in Ecuador are calling for your urgent support in the critical campaign to hold Chevron accountable for its “rainforest Chernobyl”— an ecological and human catastrophe created by the company's spilling of more than 19 billion gallons of toxic wastewater and 16.8 million gallons of crude oil into pristine rainforest areas. After 20 years of operation, Chevron (formerly Texaco) spilt 30 times more oil than the Exxon Valdez disaster. More than 30,000 people are affected and are calling on the company to fund a cleanup. Read more info.

HOW YOU CAN TAKE ACTION:

1. DONATE to Amazon Watch's Clean Up Ecuador Campaign today to help fund our solidarity pressure campaign focused on Chevron. Help fund important upcoming actions including bringing members of affected communities to the company's hometown to demand cleanup and medical aid!
2. CONTACT Chevron's CEO Mr. David O'Reilly and urge him to do the right thing by cleaning up the toxic mess in Ecuador and compensating the affected communities. Pledge not to buy gasoline from Chevron until the company takes appropriate action!
3. SHARE this email with your friends. Ask them to honor World Indigenous Peoples Day by supporting Amazon Watch and Indigenous Peoples in the fight to hold Chevron accountable for its toxic legacy.

Indigenous communities need your help to to take action for justice. Find out more about how you can support Amazon Watch's Clean Up Ecuador Campaign.

Thank you for your support.

Thanks,

Atossa Soltani,
Executive Director

Amazon Watch
One Haight Street, Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94102
http://www.amazonwatch.org