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Protests Greet Texaco Mee



/* Written  2:44 am  May 12, 1994 by wov.central@xxxxxxx in igc:soc.cult.burma */
/* ---------- "Protests Greet Texaco Mee" ---------- */
Subject : Protests Greet Texaco Meeting

   DENVER (AP) -- About two dozen protesters opposing Texaco's
involvement in Burma greeted stockholders Tuesday when they arrived
at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center for the company's annual meeting.
   A leaflet being passed out by Greenpeace alleged that Texaco has
"a long history of environmental abuses ranging from a series of
oil spills to EPA compliance problems."
   The environmental group also protested Texaco's involvement in
Burma where spokesman Jack Mento said the oil and gas company "is
building a pipeline that is destroying a forest and killing
thousands of people."
   Greenpeace has accused Texaco of collaborating with a military
regime called State Law and Order Restoration Council in an
offshore natural gas project.
   Texaco spokesman David Dickson said the company has "not
declared whether the field is commercial yet."
   Dickson said Texaco is not building a pipeline now but if the
field is declared commercial, the pipeline is a possibility.
   If the pipeline is built, he said, "the company will follow
international standards to minimize the environmental effect."
   In response to accusations of cooperation with the state regime
in the country now called Myanma Naingngandaw, he compared it to
the company's involvement in South Africa.
   "Economic investment, the training we provide, health services
and the myriad of other economic advantages can bring that country
into line with the U.S. and the rest of the world," Dickson said.
   Nuns from the Sisters of Loretto order also were among
protesters. The order is a stockholder in Texaco. One of the nuns
said the order planned to introduce a resolution challenging Texaco
to disclose its involvement with Burma.
   The sisters proposed a similar resolution in 1993 and it failed
to pass.


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