Today, April 22, is Earth Day 2007. On this occasion, I am pleased to present a two easy actions from Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), through which y ou can speak out against corporations who are violating our planet and its inhabitants.
AIUSA works on issues related to the environment and human rights as part of their Business & Human Rights program. The military, diplomatic, and economic power of the U.S. is often exercised through the actions of multinational corporations with ties to the U.S. government. This is true in an increasing number of countries around the world, including many the U.S. identifies as allies. How multinational corporations conduct business and how and whether the U.S. holds them accountable are matters of great consequence for both human rights and the environment.
Take Action Today:
Call on Chevron to address the human rights of Amazon communities
For over four decades, Indigenous communities have witnessed multinational oil companies cut through their ancestral lands in search of the country's vast petroleum resources. According to the report "Amazon Crude", Texaco alone was responsible for dumping 19 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the region contaminating the drinking water of Ecuador's Amazon communities.
Demand that Dow Chemical clean up Bhopal disaster site
More than 7,000 people died within a matter of days when toxic gases leaked from a chemical plant in Bhopal, India on the night of 2-3 December 1984. Over the last 22 years, exposure to the toxins has resulted in the deaths of a further 15,000 people, as well as chronic and debilitating illnesses for thousands of others for which treatment is largely ineffective. Call on Dow Chemical to clean up the factory site and remove the stockpiles of chemicals abandoned by the company.
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