Image by: David Weinberg
Native Ecuadorians share lessons for battling oil companies with Louisiana tribes
From: David Weinberg
Length: 00:04:38
For the last 17 years, five indigenous tribes from the Ecuadorian Amazon have been involved in one of the largest environmental lawsuits in history, against Chevron/Texaco which dumped more than 15 billion gallons of toxic waste into the Ecuadorean rainforest over three decades. When the Ecuadorians heard about the BP oil surge in the Gulf, they initiated a meeting with the indigenous communities in Louisiana to share what they had learned from their experience fighting an oil company. Reporter David Weinberg traveled with the delegation and brings us this story.
To hear the full audio, sign up for a free PRX account or log in.
More from David Weinberg
Poppa Neutrino's Last Raft
(00:09:59)
From: David Weinberg
Poppa Neutrino was one of America's greatest explorers. He was the first person to cross the North Atlantic on a raft made of garbage. He was a philosopher, a pauper and ...
Trout Fishing a story by Nason Smith
(00:05:16)
From: David Weinberg
When Nason Smith was homeless he used to catch trout in a city park. He would smoke dope, write letters and cook fish at a picnic table. One evening he offered some of his ...
Milk Eggs Vodka and Bill keaggy
(00:08:52)
From: David Weinberg
Bill Keaggy was doing some grocery shoping one day in 1997. Nothing special, some milk, eggs, a loaf of bread. He was standing in the parking lot when he noticed a post it ...
One For The Commandant
(00:05:50)
From: David Weinberg
Edgar spends his days on the street corner sitting on a five gallon bucket drinking, panhandling and lamenting his stolen teeth. He also argues with his fellow bums and on ...
From Tent City to Abandoned Buildings
(00:04:02)
From: David Weinberg
There are about 61,000 abandoned buildings in New Orleans and its Mike Miller's job to search those buildings one by one, looking for squatters. We travel with Mike into an ...
Besa: Muslims who saved Jews during WWII
(00:04:38)
From: David Weinberg
During World War Two, thousands of Jews were sheltered by Albanian Muslims. Photographer Norman Gershman has spent several years documenting the surviving families who ...
I Don't Know if this Counts as a Homosexual Experience
(00:02:06)
From: David Weinberg
A Poem by Jim Tascio
Welcoming the Water Angel
(00:01:16)
From: David Weinberg
I recently attended a fancy party where a beautiful woman modeled a dress hooked up to a garden hose. The dress sent streams of water into the sky and reminded my friend of ...
Stimulus Project #1
(00:02:25)
From: David Weinberg
Recently, the town of Tuscumbia, Mo., celebrated the completion of a two-lane bridge. The nearly $9 million-dollar structure has been billed as the first completed project ...
Related Pieces
Broadcast History
Aired on The World
