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# Activists rally against Occidental Petroleum over Peruvian Amazon contamination
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/050308-story/
- Published: 2008-05-03T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:59:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Environment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

CLEANING UP Kevin Herrera Environmental activists staged a rally and news conference outside Occidental Petroleum's annual shareholders' meeting on Friday to protest massive contamination in the Peruvian Amazon that activists say stems from Occidental's oil drilling practices. Amazonian community members were on hand to address the meeting regarding their plight. Actress and noted activist Daryl Hannah was in attendance to lend her support.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 3, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050308.pdf?ref=smdp.com)