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WUXI, China, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- WSP Holdings Limited (NYSE: WH) ("WSP Holdings" or the "Company"), a leading Chinese manufacturer of API (American Petroleum Institute) and non-API seamless casing, tubing and drill pipes used in oil and natural gas exploration, drilling and extraction ("Oil Country Tubular Goods" or "OCTG"), and other pipes and connectors, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Third Quarter...
Ecuadorian Communities Promise Referral to Authorities WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Karen Hinton, U.S. spokesperson for the Ecuadorian representatives of the rainforest communities, released the following statement in response to Chevron General Counsel Hewitt Pate's statement today, regarding a limited environmental clean-up plan proposed by Petroecuador, Ecuador's state-owned oil company, in areas where a court found Chevron caused massive environmental...
Brazil, Ecuador Lawsuits Point to New Competitive Pressures QUITO, Ecuador, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Now that it is embroiled in a new $11 billion pollution lawsuit in Brazil, Chevron's total legal tab in Latin America for environmental problems is fast approaching $30 billion and could rise further if forced to defend enforcement actions throughout the region related to its long-term Ecuador pollution problem, say analysts. "Chevron shareholders cannot be happy...
Key Chevron Official Ordered Personnel To Destroy Documents Relating to Pollution QUITO, Ecuador, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new document reveals that Chevron officials ordered the destruction of key documents as part of a broad scheme to hide the extent of the company's pollution in Ecuador's Amazon, says Amazon Defense Coalition. A company memorandum from Ecuador dated July 1972 ordered that all reports related to oil spills "are to be removed from the...
BAHIA DE CARAQUEZ, Ecuador, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- It's time for serious birdwatchers to "unite and take flight" to Bahia de Caraquez, the planet's best kept secret for bird ornithologists. One of the world's most bio-diverse places in the world, the Ecuadorian city of "Bahia" is both a luxury travel destination and home to hundreds of fascinating birds. Now the birds have been documented for the first time in a new publication: "Birds of Bahia de Caraquez." This impressive,...
Banner Blares From Circling Airplane: Clean Up Toxic Mess In Ecuador THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Dec. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two leading U.S.-based environmental groups are taking their fight over Chevron's oil catastrophe in Ecuador directly to CEO John S. Watson by sending an airplane to fly over the weekend rounds of the Tiger Woods-hosted Chevron World Challenge golf tournament in California. A banner trailing the plane said: "Chevron CEO Watson: Clean Up Your Toxic...
UN Conservation Convention Accepts Ecuador Proposal to List Largest Living Rays BERGEN, Norway, Nov. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Shark Advocates International is heralding today's agreement by Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) to list the giant manta ray (Manta birostris) under CMS Appendix I and II. The listing obligates CMS member countries to provide strict national protections for giant manta rays and their habitats, and encourages concerted...
"Amazon Chernobyl" Disaster in Ecuador, Brazil Spill Lead to Embarrassing Award for CEO John Watson NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American oil giant Chevron has been named the "most toxic" energy company of 2011 by AlterNet, a prestigious U.S.-based online magazine that closely tracks environmental issues. See here and here. Chevron won the sad award the same week it was caught misleading Brazilian authorities who threatened company officials with prison...
Chevron Contaminated Ecuador's Rainforest, Faked a Cleanup & Now Refuses To Pay $18 Billion Judgment QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Brazil should treat Chevron's claims about the oil spill off the coast of Rio province with great skepticism given its track record of fraud related to an even larger oil disaster in neighboring Ecuador, say Ecuadorian rainforest leaders who successfully sued Chevron and recently were awarded $18 billion in damages. "Do not trust...
American Company Faces Loss of Credibility With Oil Producing Nations in Latin America QUITO, Ecuador, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chevron, which already faces allegations of fraud over an $18 billion liability in Ecuador for environmental damage, is being accused in Brazil of trying to cover up the extent of an oil spill caused by one of the company's offshore drilling rigs, leading to the company's second major conflict with a key Latin American oil-producing...
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The spectacled bear or the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) is native to South America. This bear is locally known as jukumari, ukuko, or ucumari and is the only remaining species of short-faced bear existing today, making it the sole member of the sub-family Tremarctinae. The range of the spectacled bear includes western Venezuela, eastern Panama, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, northwestern Argentina, and western Bolivia. It is only found in the Andes Mountains, but it is thought to be an...
The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) was occasionally previously known as Man O’War or man of War, a reflection of its rakish lines, aerial piracy of other birds, and speed. It’s widespread in the tropical Atlantic, breeding colonially in the trees in Florida, the Caribbean and the Cape Verde Islands. In addition, it breeds along the Pacific coast of the Americas from Mexico to Ecuador including the Galapagos Islands, as well. It is known as a vagrant as far from its...
The Crested Eagle, (Morphnus guianensis), is a species of bird of prey found from Guatemala through Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, and Bolivia to north Argentina. In Brazil, this species has suffered greatly due to habitat destruction and is mostly found only in the Amazon basin in that region. In Ecuador it is mainly found in the Eastern Andean mountains. It is the only member of its...
The Red-throated Caracara, (Ibycter americanus), is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is the only member of its genus Ibycter. It is sometimes incorrectly placed in the Daptrius genus with the Black Caracara. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The habitats of this social bird are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests...
The Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus) is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It is the only bird in its genus. It is found throughout Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its habitat includes subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist mountain forests. Image Caption: Artistic Depiction of Male Tawny-faced Quail. Credit: Wikipedia (public domain)
