Articles by Hanna Dahlstrom

According to offical statistics from the Ministry of Energy in Ecuador, there is an average of one oil leak every five days in the country. Such statistics only hint at the actual daily damage on the ground, not to mention subsoil, due to rampant oil exploitation. Cell phones in this area include a computer game with the aim to build oil pipelines to prevent oil spill. This game is symbolic of the normalization of oil exploitation in this region, which is the goal of Chevron's propaganda defense in the case filed against them by 30,000 Ecuadorians who claim that the company's oil operations led to massive environmental destruction and widespread health problems.