Chevron Accused of “Unethical Attacks” On Court-Appointed Special Master in Ecuador Environmental Trial

28 February 2008 | Amazon Defense Coalition

Representatives of thousands of Ecuadorians suing Chevron are charging the oil giant with "engaging in a pattern of extrajudicial attacks" on a court-appointed special master who is preparing a damages assessment against the company in a historic multi-billion dollar environmental trial in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest.     More »

Chevron's Human Rights Record

Information on Chevron's complicity in human rights violations on four continents, and links to learn more about Chevron's despicable environmental and human rights record outside of Ecuador.     More »

Chevron Pays $30 Million to Settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges in Oil for Food Case

14 February 2008 | K&L Gates

On November 14, 2007, the SEC filed a settled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act civil complaint against Chevron arising from its role in making $20 million in improper kickbacks paid in connection with the U.N.-administered Oil for Food Program during Saddam Hussein’s reign.     More »

City of Berkeley Votes to Boycott Chevron

Resolution Cites Controversial Human Rights Record and "Severe Ecological Destruction" in Amazon Rainforest
30 January 2008 | Amazon Watch

Berkeley City Council is to boycott Chevron products and services, citing the San Ramon-based oil major's controversial global environmental and human rights record.     More »

Berkeley, California Resolution to Boycott Chevron

29 January 2008 | Peace and Justice Commission

In early 2008, the city council of Berkeley, California voted to cease all purchases of Chevron products in a show of concern over the company's human rights record on four continents, including the public health and environmental crisis it unleased in the Ecuadorian Amazon.     More »