ERI Statements to the Press

ERI's Katie Redford and Naing Htoo at the Human Cost of Energy Report Release Press Conference, Foreign Correspondent' Club of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

Human Cost of Energy Press Release “An Industry Blind to People’s Tears," op-ed by Matthew Smith “The Hunt for Energy at Any Cost,” op-ed by Matthew Smith & Naing Htoo ERI’s statement in response to ChevronTexaco's acquisition of Unocal

Yadana In The News

• "Chevron's Dilemma Over Its Stake in Burma" (SFGate, online edition of San Francisco Chronicle)
• "Chinese to Join Burma Oil, Gas Exploration" (The Irrawaddy)
• "Watchdog Group Says Chevron Complicit in Myanmar" Reuters wire story picked up by NY Times
• "Killings Alleged by Chevron's Burma Pipeline" San Francisco Chronicle
• "Burma: US Oil Major Complicit in Abuses - Rights Lobby" IPS Story out of Bangkok
• "Human Rights Group Threatens to Sue Chevron" IPS Story reprinted in The Madison Times
• "Chevron 'Helping' Myanmar Army" South African Press Association wire story out of Bangkok
• "Chevron, Military Junta's Criminal Conspiracy in Myanmar" Neftegaz Russian News  
• "Rights group says US energy giant complicit in Burma abuses" ABC Radio Australia News
• VOA News - Chinese News Source
  • English translation - "A US organization (EarthRights International) has condemned Chevron and the Burmese government for allowing human rights abuses like forced labor, etc. to happen along the pipeline area."

Industry-Specific News Sources

• "Human Rights Watchdog Hits Out at Chevron for Myanmar Ties" Oil Daily - Energy Intelligence Group
• Business & Human Rights Resource Center
• The Human Security Gateway
• Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia
• Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Radio

• "Underreported: Chevron in Burma" - ERI's Litigation Coordinator, Rick Herz, appears on WNYC's Lenoard Lopate Show
• PRI's The World discusses ERI's new report, Human Cost of Energy

Related News

• "UN Labor Agency Wars: Forced Labor Could Increase in Cyclone Reconstruction" (International Herald Tribune)
  • Read more of the latest update from areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis
• "Total's Pipeline Totally Funds Burmese Totalitarism" - Le Soir French-Language Belgian News
• "When Tiger Met Chevron" The Nation criticizes Tiger Woods' partnership with Chevron
• "Bush Unveils New Burma Sanctions" BBC News 

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