News and Multimedia from 2008
Two Chevron Lawyers Indicted in Ecuador
12 September 2008 | The American Lawyer
Chevron's Ecuadorian quagmire got deeper and dirtier today, with the announcement that two longtime lawyers for the company have been indicted by the Ecuadorian government. More »
Chevron Caught Up in Oil Agency Scandal
12 September 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle
A government scandal mixing alleged drug use, cronyism and sex at a federal office that handles billions of dollars in oil-drilling royalties has ensnared Chevron Corp. More »
Chevron's Environmental Clean-Up in Ecuador Falls Far Short of Company Claims, Report Says
Court Expert Finds More than 80% of Chevron Waste Pits in Amazon Rainforest Were Never Cleaned
"Devastating Blow" to Chevron, Assert Plaintiffs
10 September 2008 | Amazon Defense Coalition
An independent court-appointed expert in Ecuador has found that 42 out of 46 toxic waste pits inspected in the Amazon rainforest operated exclusively by Chevron contain high levels of toxins in violation of environmental norms in both Ecuador and the U.S. More »
Evidence of Contamination at Texaco-Operated Sites
10 September 2008 | Amazon Defense Coalition
This chart summarizes laboratory results that show illegal levels of toxic contamination at 42 sites which were operated exclusively by Texaco, some of which Chevron claims were "completely remediated" in the 1990s. Such evidence gives the lie to Chevron's claim that the existing pollution is the sole responsibility of Petroecuador. More »
Chevron: The Real Human Story in Ecuador
8 September 2008
Humberto, an Indigenous leader from Ecuador, describes the impacts of Chevron's oil exploration in the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest. More »
Evidence of Fraudulent Remediation
September 2008 | Amazon Defense Coalition
This chart summarizes laboratory results that show 45 of 54 pits that Chevron claims to have "completely remediated" still contain illegal levels of toxic contaminants. Evidence such as this forms the basis for the 2008 indictment of two Chevron lawyers in Ecuador for fraud, in conjunction with the supposed remediation. More »
Fact Sheet on 2008 Indictment of Chevron Lawyers in Ecuador
September 2008
Fact sheet on the historic legal case, and the reasons for the indictment in September 2008 of two Chevron attorneys accused of defrauding the Ecuadorian government with an inadequate remediation of contaminated sites in the 1990s. More »
Chevron Paying Heavy Price For Texaco's Mistakes in Ecuador, Says Amazon Defense Coalition
Talk of Settlement Reflects Dwindling Legal Options After Court Expert Finds Damages in Billions
18 August 2008 | Amazon Defense Coalition
Chevron's surprise announcement that it would be open to talks to resolve a possible $16.3 billion liability for environmental damage in Ecuador reflects the company's dwindling legal options in a long-running lawsuit over who pays for the clean-up of what even Chevron now acknowledges is a huge disaster. More »
Chevron Rebukes Own Washington Lobbyist for Embarrassing Comments on Ecuador Legal Case
Suggested U.S. Government Shouldn't Allow "Little Countries" To "Screw Around" With Big Companies
13 August 2008 | Amazon Defense Coalition
With pressure mounting from a major environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, Chevron has publicly rebuked one of its Washington lobbyists who had suggested "little countries" like Ecuador shouldn't be allowed by the U.S. government to "screw around" with large companies by letting lawsuits proceed against them in foreign courts. More »
Amazonian Chernobyl
Ecuador's oil environment disaster
8 August 2008 | Daily Telegraph
Millions of gallons of crude oil and toxic waste - the legacy of an oil extraction programme - has blighted 1,700 hectares of land and poisoned the rivers and streams in Sucumbios in the north-east corner of Ecuador. More »
