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Washington Must Resist Efforts by Chevron to Interfere with an Andean Trade Agreement
03 December 2009 | Los Angeles Times
Facing the possibility of a $27 billion pollution judgment against it in an Ecuadorean court, Chevron launched an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign to try to prevent the judgment as well as reverse a deeply damaging story line. More »
Chevron's Lobby Campaign Backfires
16 November 2009 | Politico
Facing the possibility of a $27 billion pollution judgment against it in an Ecuadorean court, Chevron launched an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign to try to prevent the judgment as well as reverse a deeply damaging story line. More »
Fraud in Ecuadorian Oil Battle
The case against oil giant Chevron may finally be coming to an end after at least 16 years in the court system
09 November 2009 | Reportage Enviro
The long running environmental case against oil giant Chevron over its activities in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador gained momentum recently, when two Chevron lawyers committed fraud in their testimony. More »
Chevron and Cultural Genocide in Ecuador
04 November 2009 | The Huffington Post
Traces of paradise are still visible. From the air, the rainforest appears as silvery mist and swaths of verdant green. But beneath the cloud cover and canopy, the jungle is a tangle of oil slicks, festering sludge, and rusted pipeline. More »
Chevron's Man in Ecuador: Felon, Drug-Trafficker, and Liar, Oh My!
31 October 2009 | The Huffington Post
To defend itself in a major environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, it appears that American oil giant Chevron is employing methods – and people – that are as dirty as the toxic waste pits it left scattered across the rainforest floor. More »
Revelation Undermines Chevron Case In Ecuador
29 October 2009 | The New York Times
An American whose secret recordings have placed him at the center of a $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador is a convicted drug trafficker, records show, throwing another complication into a case already tainted by accusations of bribery and espionage. More »
Report Adds Bizarre Twist to Ecuador Chevron Case
29 October 2009 | Reuters
A lawsuit against Chevron over pollution of Ecuador's jungle in the 1990s took another bizarre turn when the plaintiffs released a report saying a man who helped force the removal of an Ecuadorean judge from the $27 billion case is a convicted drug smuggler. More »
Felon Involved in Clandestine Videos
29 October 2009 | Associated Press
One of two men who made clandestine video recordings allegedly showing government bias and kickback-soliciting in a $27 billion oil contamination lawsuit is a convicted felon with a history of legal troubles. More »
Ecuador Oil Pollution Case Takes New Turn
29 October 2009 | Al Jazeera
Lucia Newman, Al Jazeera's Latin America editor, reports from Ecuador on the case, and Karen Hinton, a spokesperson for the plaintiffs, talks about the recent developments in the lawsuit, including the revelation that Chevron's key witness in the alleged bribery scandal is a convicted felon with a checkered past. More »
Not Simply an Underdog's Tale
23 October 2009 | The Washington Post
Had Michael Moore wanted to make a serious movie about capitalism, he would have made "Crude." And yet, "Crude" is that rare thing in fiction or nonfiction cinema, a movie that relies on its audience to draw the right conclusions. More »