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More Trouble For Chevron: Company Loses Latest Stage of Amazon Pollution Battle

Dominic Rushe, The Guardian. September 22, 2011.

A New York appeals judge unfroze an $18 billion damages award over contamination of an indigenous tribe's land in Ecuador.

Chevron Feels the Heat: Annual Shareholder Meeting Brings Huge Protests For Oil Giant's Abuses Around the World

Tina Gerhardt, AlterNet. May 26, 2011.

"We are the human face of Chevron's operations, armed with the memories of our dead relatives, our neighbors, our sick children," said one woman who traveled from Ecuador.

Chevron Guilty of Oil Contamination in Amazon: Historic Corporate Accountability Victory or Business as Usual for Big Oil?

Rebecca Tarbotton, AlterNet. February 15, 2011.

This case could also set a precedent for corporate accountability, transforming the way Big Oil operates around the globe.

Exposed: Chevron's Cover-up of Gross Environmental Abuses in Ecuador

Cameron Scott, AlterNet. March 8, 2010.

Chevron claims it's not responsible for dumping 18 billion gallons of industrial wastewater into the Amazon. A local leader says otherwise.

Chevron Employs Felon and Drug-Trafficker to Derail Trial to Escape Enviro Crimes

Chevron Employs Felon and Drug-Trafficker to Derail Trial to Escape Enviro Crimes

Han Shan, AlterNet. October 30, 2009.

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.

Call Chevron to Account for Its Assault on the Amazonian Ecosystem

Call Chevron to Account for Its Assault on the Amazonian Ecosystem

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. September 2, 2009.

Over the past 28 years, the oil giant has polluted rivers, poisoned the atmosphere and caused immeasurable damage to children.

The Amazon vs. Big Oil: Chevron Faces Possible $27 Billion Dollar Damages Claim

Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor. June 3, 2009.

An Ecuadorean court alleges that Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron, knowingly unleashed toxins across an estimated 1,700 square miles.

Chevron Must Pay; GOP Tries to Gut the EPA

Sarah Laskow, December 31, 1969.


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