The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report

Think you know Chevron? Think again.

Chevron's 2008 annual report is a glossy celebration of the company's most profitable year in its history. What Chevron's annual report does not tell its shareholders is the true cost paid for those financial returns, or the global movement gaining voice and strength against Chevron's abuses. Thus, we, the communities and our allies who bear the consequences of Chevron's oil and natural gas production, refineries, depots, pipelines, exploration, offshore drilling rigs, coal fields, chemical plants, political control, consumer abuse, false promises, and much more, have prepared an Alternative Annual Report for Chevron. %doc%

This report is a collaboration between Amazon Watch, Crude Accountability, Global Exchange, Justice in Nigeria Now, Rainforest Action Network, CorpWatch, Filipino-American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Trustees for Alaska, Communities for a Better Environment, Mpalabanda, Richmond Progressive Alliance, and EarthRights International.

The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report is a one-stop-shop for activists, policy makers, journalists, investors, analysts, and communities in struggle.

It is the most comprehensive exposé of Chevron's operations - and the communities in struggle against them - ever compiled. It includes reports from Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, the Gulf Coast, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Utah, Washington, D.C., and Wyoming; and internationally across Angola, Burma, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, Ecuador, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, and the Philippines.

Antonia Juhasz is the lead author and editor of the report, which includes the writings of sixteen additional authors from across the U.S. and around the world and the contributions of dozens of organizations.

The 44-page report is available to download at www.TrueCostofChevron.com -- a visually stunning website using our ChevWrong "Inhumane Energy" ads that reveal the hypocrisy of Chevron's human energy ad campaign. The report and the ads can be downloaded for free from the website, which also provides action steps, links to the organizations involved in the True Cost of Chevron campaign, and more. Hard copies of the report can also be ordered for a small fee from the website.

• 104 Globalization
• 106 Money & Politics
• 116 Human Rights
• 124 War & Disaster Profiteering
• 182 Health
• 183 Environment
• 195 Chemicals