Overview
Through its global-scale extraction of fossil fuels, US corporation Chevron is fueling the climate crisis threatening communities all over the world, and in particular, Indigenous and marginalized communities in the Global South. Chevron is also the main extractor of fossil gas claimed by Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean. As such, Chevron brings Israel hundreds of millions of dollars annually in revenues from payments for its gas extraction licenses, helping to finance Israel’s war chest and its regime of apartheid, settler colonialism, and military occupation against the Palestinian people. Chevron also supports Israel’s lobbying efforts for the construction of the Eastmed Pipeline, a massive EU-sponsored fossil fuel infrastructure project that would exacerbate the climate crisis. Together, let’s hold Chevron accountable for fueling Israeli genocide, apartheid, and climate disaster globally.
The US corporation Chevron is profiting from fossil gas extraction contracts that help fuel Israeli genocide, apartheid, and grave violations of Palestinian human rights on the one hand and the climate crisis on the other.
With its extraction of fossil fuels globally, Chevron is a major contributor to climate change with a severe impact on communities and Indigenous peoples all over the world, in particular in the Global South. Chevron is also the main extractor of fossil gas claimed by Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean. As such, Chevron brings Israel hundreds of millions of dollars annually in revenues from payments for its fossil gas extraction licenses, helping to finance Israel’s war chest and its decades-old regime of apartheid, settler colonialism, and military occupation over the Palestinian people. Chevron also supports Israel’s lobbying efforts for the construction of the Eastmed Pipeline, a massive EU-sponsored fossil fuel infrastructure project that would exacerbate the climate crisis and whose feasibility is widely contested.
Together, let’s hold Chevron accountable for fueling Israeli genocide, apartheid, and climate disaster globally.
Why?
Chevron proclaims its commitment to human rights and sustainability, but its actions show otherwise. We are joining forces with environmental and climate justice movements to hold Chevron accountable for its business practices, which violate the human rights of Palestinians and other Indigenous peoples and contribute to the global climate crisis.
Chevron contributes to financing Israel’s regime of genocide and apartheid by paying millions of dollars for its fossil gas extraction licenses. With its extraction activities, the corporation is also complicit in apartheid Israel’s practice of depriving the Palestinian people of its right to sovereignty over its natural resources, including, among others, through the illegal siege of Gaza and blockade of Gaza’s sea, which Israel imposes by brutal and deadly force. Chevron is also implicated in Israel’s illegal transfer of extracted fossil gas to Egypt through a pipeline illegally crossing the Palestinian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in occupied Gaza, owing Palestinians millions in transit fees. It is also potentially complicit in the Israeli pillage of Palestinian gas reserves off-shore in the occupied Gaza Strip, a war crime under international law.
The corporation has become the leading fossil gas extractor for Israel after buying Noble Energy in 2020. Israel’s main gas wells (Leviathan, Tamar), operated by Chevron, are still in expansion. Several communities and Indigenous peoples around the world are resisting the neocolonial violence of Chevron’s extractivism, its environmental destruction and grave human rights violations. International organizations have brought Chevron to court for its greenwashing practices.
Chevron has been sued repeatedly for its involvement in violence against Indigenous communities around the world, including at least 13 accusations of genocidal violence and 17 accusations of torture. The company’s activities have played a role in the destruction of marginalized people’s homes, resources, and livelihoods in at least 30 countries.
Chevron contributes significantly to the climate crisis. In 2019, its disclosed emissions amounted to 697 million tons of carbon dioxide. Currently, Chevron does not have a “net-zero” commitment or a commitment to align its activities with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. Between 2010 and 2018, Chevron was found to have dedicated only 0.2% of its long-term investments to sources of low-carbon energy like wind and solar.
The Eastmed Pipeline is a massive EU-sponsored energy project that, if built, will allow the export of Israeli-claimed gas extracted by Chevron in the Eastern Mediterranean to the EU market. Numerous studies warn of the project’s contribution to the climate emergency, the technical risks of a deep-sea pipeline in a seismic area, and the risk of armed disputes over maritime borders and militarization of the Eastern Mediterranean. In February 2022, the US administration withdrew its political support from the project for some of these reasons. In May 2023, the CEO of Eni said, “It is inconceivable that Israel, Cyprus, and Greece can move forward on an agreement without the participation of Turkey.” This may delay the project indefinitely.
Nevertheless, the EU continues to promote the Eastmed Pipeline as a Project of Common Interest that can be funded with public money since fossil gas was included in the official EU “green” taxonomy. Meanwhile, in the EU’s search for alternatives to Russian gas, Chevron has declared its support for the pipeline.
Fossil gas is destroying the environment. According to scientists, methane - the main component of fossil gas - impacts the atmosphere that is 86 times worse than carbon dioxide if calculated over a time period of 20 years, i.e., the period available for drastically reducing greenhouse emissions and preventing more climate disasters. At least 25% of today’s global warming is driven by methane from human-related actions. Gas transportation, via pipelines or liquified, is a massive contributor to climate change because it involves gas leakage, also called venting. Contrary to propaganda claims by the fossil lobby, gas is not a “transitional” fuel; it is the fuel used by greedy multinationals to hold on to profits and influence while devastating ecosystems and the climate.
TAKE ACTION
Intersectional grassroots campaigning can put pressure on Chevron to terminate business with Israel’s regime of settler colonialism, apartheid, and military occupation. We call for grassroots pressure to advance climate justice goals and to advocate for the human rights of Palestinians and other Indigenous peoples.
Partner with local climate justice groups and/or Indigenous communities to take collective action:
Sign the pledge
Sign the pledge to boycott Chevron gas and products (including Chevron-owned brands Texaco and Caltex)
Join the Global Coalition
For organizations: endorse the #BoycottChevron campaign and/or join the global coalition.
Spread the word
Spread the word about the campaign on social media and by covering your town in #BoycottChevron stickers - use AFSC’s resource hub to take action.
Gas Stations
Use our gas station toolkit to guide campaigns targeting Chevron-branded gas stations.
Launch a Campaign
Launch a campaign targeting a Chevron partnership or Chevron-sponsored event, like the Houston Marathon. Check out a map of corporate Chevron partnerships here.
