News and Multimedia from 2009
New Evidence of Chevron Fraud From Final Judicial Inspections in $27 Billion Environmental Case
24 June 2009 | Amazon Defense Coalition
Evidence that two Chevron lawyers committed fraud in Ecuador apparently has grown stronger with a new court-ordered report finding extensive levels of toxic contamination at two oil well sites that the company claimed to have “remediated” in the mid-1990s. More »
Gene Randall “Reporting,” Inc.
Will journalists’ flight toward PR mean the end of reportorial integrity?
16 June 2009 | Columbia Journalism Review
Deep in the northern Ecuadoran rain forest, next to pits filled with noxious sludge, a lawyer on his very first case argued that a U.S. oil company had deliberately fouled a swath of jungle nearly the size of Delaware during two decades of production. More »
Amazonian Leaders Blast Chevron CEO David O'Reilly For Deceitful Answers At Public Debate
Chevron Chief Clearly Uncomfortable With Ecuador Topic
16 June 2009 | Amazon Defense Coalition
Amazonian leaders in Ecuador are blasting Chevron CEO David O'Reilly for engaging in "lies and deceit" during a public debate last week in San Francisco over energy-related topic that included the company's expected $27.3 billion liability in Ecuador. More »
Oil and Indians Don't Mix
12 June 2009 | Truthout
Here's an easy way to find oil. Go to some remote and gorgeous natural sanctuary, say Alaska or the Amazon, find some Indians, then drill down under them. More »
Chevron CEO David O'Reilly Tries to Duck Ecuador Controversy at Public Debate
Refuses to Talk About Ecuador At Commonwealth Club Debate
10 June 2009 | Amazon Watch
Battered by a shareholder revolt and negative publicity related to a potential $27 billion environmental liability in Ecuador, Chevron CEO David O'Reilly is refusing to appear at a public debate tonight unless the Ecuador issue is taken off the table as a discussion topic. More »
At Least $37 Billion in Chevron Shares Voted to Defy O’Reilly’s Management Over Human Rights Issues At Annual Meeting
Major "No Confidence" Vote By Large Pension Funds
8 June 2009 | Amazon Defense Coalition
A new analysis of shareholder votes at Chevron's annual meeting in late May indicates the company's management suffered a far more serious rebuke over its growing human rights problems in Ecuador and elsewhere than originally had been reported. More »
Chevron Providing Misleading Information to Shareholders about Failed Remediation
Evidence Shows Oil Giant Continues to Deceive Shareholders
4 June 2009 | Amazon Defense Coalition
Battered by negative publicity and shareholder pressure over a potential $27 billion environmental liability in Ecuador, Chevron’s legal team is mischaracterizing the scientific evidence in a lawsuit to try to claim billions of gallons of toxic waste it dumped in the Amazon pose no risk to human health, representatives of the Amazon communities charged today. More »
Chevron Fights Massive Lawsuit in Ecuador
A case about responsibility for cleaning up a toxic drilling site could cost the company billions and send a chill through the industry.
29 May 2009 | Christian Science Monitor
An article and video photo essay exploring Chevron, who knowingly unleashed toxins across an estimated 1,700 square miles in the Ecuador Rainforest – roughly the size of Rhode Island. 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 »
Chevron Charged with Engaging in Intense Lobbying Battle to Defeat Shareholder Resolution, but Results Mixed for Company
$9B In Chevron Shares Ended Up Defying Company Management
27 May 2009 | Amazon Defense Coalition
San Ramon, CA (May 27, 2009) – In the days ahead of its annual meeting, Chevron’s management engaged in a fierce and unconventional lobbying campaign to convince shareholders to defeat a shareholder resolution over the company’s potential $27 billion liability in Ecuador but investors holding $9 billion in Chevron shares voted for it anyway, officials with the environmental group Amazon Watch said today. More »
