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Chevron ... Re: Outrageous ... “You came, you contaminated, you lost in the courts, and you ran from the law”

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Peter Burgess

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Re: Outrageous
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Paul Ferris, SumOfUs.org Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:04 AM
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To: Peter Burgess

Peter,

“You came, you contaminated, you lost in the courts, and you ran from the law” said Humberto Piaguaje from the Ecuadorian Amazon to Chevron’s CEO John Watson -- in front of Chevron’s investors, no less.

Humberto, along with our allies, delivered the largest petition ever to Chevron -- almost 200,000 signatures from SumOfUs members -- demanding the company pay what it owes to the Amazon communities it systematically destroyed for almost 20 years.

Thanks to us coming together, the resolution asking Chevron to compensate communities in Ecuador was supported by shareholders who own $62 billion dollars worth of Chevron’s stock -- almost $10 billion more than a couple of years back!

That means our pressure is working and every year we are getting closer to making Chevron pay. Big Oil thinks it can get away with destroying the environment and people’s livelihoods without having to compensate a penny. Thanks to the SumOfUs community and our allies, that is no longer true.

Thank you for coming together this time and every time,

Paul, Ledys and the rest of the team at SumOfUs.org

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