Press Kit for Landmark Legal Case, Aguinda v. ChevronTexaco (2009)

This press kit provides background and updated information in the landmark legal case against Chevron by 30,000 rainforest residents entitled Aguinda v. ChevronTexaco.   More »

"Crude" Press Kit

Download the electronic press kit for Joe Berlinger's "Crude," which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.   More »

Court Filing: Chevron’s Own Audits Prove Company Lied About Massive Pollution in Ecuador

Evidence of Chevron's "Stunning Hypocrisy" and Lies to U.S. Federal Courts
31 August 2010 | Amazon Defense Coalition

A U.S. Federal Court has been presented with two separate audits conducted at Chevron's request that show "clear and convincing evidence" that the oil giant knowingly dumped billions of gallons of toxic waste directly into the Amazon and subsequently lied to cover it up, according to a legal brief by the 30,000 Ecuadorian rainforest residents suing the company for the illegal dumping.     More »

Chevron CEO Watson Embroiled in Spy Scandal to Undermine $27 Billion Ecuador Trial

Kroll's Sam Anson Identified As Chevron Undercover Operative Running Illicit Program
17 August 2010 | Amazon Defense Coalition

Chevron CEO John Watson is again on the hot seat after the company's growing spy scandal in Ecuador was highlighted on a nationally-syndicated news program only weeks after he ordered that five shareholders arrested at the company's annual meeting for challenging him over the company's Ecuador contamination.     More »

Chevron Submits "Wild" Distortions of Ecuador Video to Federal Court; Conceals Evidence of Own Misconduct

Violates Federal Court Order By Sending Filings to Media
16 August 2010 | Amazon Defense Coalition

In an explosive legal filing, lawyers for Ecuador's Amazonian communities suing Chevron for environmental damage have submitted evidence that the oil giant is attempting to mislead a U.S. Federal Court with "wild, superficial allegations" based on "snippets" of private video outtakes from Joe Berlinger's award-winning documentary film CRUDE.     More »

Chevron Down as It Continues to Fight $27B Environmental Lawsuit in Ecuador

24 August 2010 | FOXBusiness

Despite tripling its second quarter profit last month, Chevron has since fallen nearly 2.46%, as it remains under the grip of a $27.3 billion lawsuit, the largest environmental damages lawsuit ever tried.     More »

Ecuador's Oil-Waste Victims Share Solidarity

2 July 2010 | Daily Comet

Luis Yanza traveled nearly half way around the world this week only to find that oil companies use the same toxic practices and treat indigenous people in the United States the same as in Ecuador.     More »

Ecuador Tribe in Rare Visit to Help Clean-Up Lousiana Oil Spill

30 June 2010 | Al Jazeera

There has been a rare offer of support from an indigenous community from Ecuador for another indigenous tribe in Louisiana that has been affected by the spill. Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler joined the Ecuadorians in Louisiana's Bay Baptiste.     More »

Report: The Lasting Stain of Oil

Cautionary Tales and Lessons from the Amazon
28 June 2010 | Amazon Watch

What Amazonian tribes affected by Chevron's oil disaster can share with Gulf Coast communities.     More »

Response to Chevron's Myths about the Cabrera Report

10 February 2010 | Amazon Defense Coalition

A point-by-point response to Chevron's misrepresentations about Richard Cabrera, a court-appointed expert who conducted a damages assessment not to the company’s liking.     More »

Letter from Atossa Soltani to New Chevron CEO, John Watson

You Have an Opportunity to Resolve Human Tragedy in Ecuador
17 December 2009

On January 1st, John Watson will become the new Chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation. Within the first few months of his tenure, a judgment is expected on a monumental environmental lawsuit for cleanup of oil contamination affecting tens of thousands of people living in an Amazon rainforest region of Ecuador.     More »

Chevron AGM 2010 Action

25 May 2010

A powerful coalition of leaders from communities around the world negatively impacted by Chevron's operations are gathered in Houston to confront the oil giant during its annual shareholders meeting. Guillermo Grefa and Mariana Jimenez, two people from Ecuador's Amazon rainforest region, are among those speaking out about the "True Cost of Chevron."     More »

Petition Delivery to Chevron Headquarters

04 March 2010

Indigenous Ecuadorean leader Emergildo Criollo traveled from Amazon rainforest to California to deliver 325,000+ letters urging Chevron’s new CEO John Watson to clean up the oil giant’s toxic legacy.     More »

Crude Reflections

View photos by San Francisco Bay Area photographers Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak, who traveled to Ecuador to document the physical and emotional reality of those affected by pollution and their struggle for justice.   More »

Free Speech Radio News previews CRUDE

9 September 2009 | Free Speech Radio News

FSRN spoke with Mitch Anderson, the lead campaigner for Amazon Watch's Ecuador project.     More »

KQED's Forum Discussion of "The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report"

28 May 2009 | KQED Forum

We talk with Antonia Juhasz, policy analyst, author of "The Tyranny of Oil" and lead author and editor of "The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report" and look at the latest news and geopolitical issues surrounding the company.      More »

Uprising Radio Interview on Chevron Shareholder Meeting

26 May 2008 | Uprising Radio

Ahead of its annual shareholder meeting tomorrow, the Chevron Corporation is facing increasing scrutiny for its business practices around the world from California to Ecuador.     More »

Gulf Coast Delegation, Day 3: Amazon to the Gulf

2 July 2010

Indigenous and community leaders from Ecuador's Amazon who have been devastated by Chevron oil contamination are making an historic journey to visit with the Gulf Coast communities hard hit by BP's oil disaster.     More »

Gulf Coast Delegation, Day 2: Amazon to the Gulf

1 July 2010

Indigenous and community leaders from Ecuador's Amazon who have been devastated by Chevron oil contamination are making an historic journey to visit with the Gulf Coast communities hard hit by BP's oil disaster.     More »

Gulf Coast Delegation, Day 1: Amazon to the Gulf

30 June 2010

Indigenous and community leaders from Ecuador's Amazon who have been devastated by Chevron oil contamination are making an historic journey to visit with the Gulf Coast communities hard hit by BP's oil disaster.     More »