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DESCRIPTION:One of the best known and extreme cases of oil exploitation in the 
 rainforest is in Ecuador, where the U.S. oil giant, Texaco (later 
 Chevron-Texaco), seriously degraded an ecosystem over a 30-year period. In 
 2001 a class-action lawsuit was brought against Chevron) for dumping 18 
 billion gallons of toxic wastewater in the Amazon.  In April 2008 an 
 Ecuadorian court-appointed expert set damages against Chevron at between $7 
 billion and $16 billion, one of the world’s largest ever compensation 
 payouts, dwarfing the damages resulting from the Exxon Valdez 
 disaster.\nSpeaking on this topic are two people who have had close 
 personal experience in the Amazon rainforest.\nLou Dematteis is co-author 
 of Crude Reflections: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest, a 
 photographic book that chronicles the human and environmental impact of 
 Texaco’s oil drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon.  Dematteis will present a 
 slide show of photos from the book.\n\nSteve Harms is Senior Pastor at 
 Peace Lutheran Church in Danville.  In 2003 he traveled with two other 
 clergy and a union leader to the Amazon, where they saw many open, toxic 
 waste sites, "remediated sites", and the pipeline itself.  \n\nSuggested 
 donation:  $12 - $20 General, $5 Students (No one turned away for lack of 
 funds)\nWheel chair accessible	\n  A book sale and signing will follow the 
 presentation.\n\nFor more information: Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center, 
 925-933-7850, www.mtdpc.org/\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/13/18506808.php
SUMMARY:The Biggest Oil Spill on Earth
LOCATION:Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek 
 94596
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/13/18506808.php
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