Chevron employee Diego Borja and drug felon Wayne Hansen had their 15 minutes of fame over a year ago when Chevron unveiled videos that the two men had made secretly with a spy pen and spy watch. Chevron’s purpose in releasing the videos was to discredit an Ecuadorian judge, whom the oil giant expected to rule against the company in a multi-billion...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Chevron Condemned for Contamination in Rainforest by Ecuador Bishop
As Chevron scrambles to defend itself against outrage over its latest ad campaign, a Bishop who lives where Chevron contaminated the Ecuadorian rainforest, has condemned the company for its actions in a letter to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Gonzalo Lopez Marañon, Bishop of Seleuciana, called on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Chevron Throws Out The “Communities They’re A Part Of” At Shareholders’ Meeting
The Real AdThis past May, Chevron threw out of its shareholders’ meeting in Houston 20 people who had traveled from Nigeria, Burma, the Philippines, Angola and Ecuador — all places where Chevron has explored for oil and...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Chevron Using Ad Campaign to Cover-up Ecuador Environmental Disaster
In the face of an pending potential multi-billion liability in Ecuador for illegally dumping billions of gallons of toxic waste directly into the Ecuadorian rainforest, Chevron has unveiled a new ad campaign titled "We Agree." The advertising campaign – a slick, multi-million dollar investment in image management by the company, seeks to trumpet all...
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Expert: Chevron Responsible for 10,000 People at Risk of Cancer
A new expert analysis has estimated that some 10,000 residents of the Ecuadorian Amazon face a sharply increased risk of contracting cancer in the coming decades due to heightened exposure to oil waste due to Chevron's substandard oil-extraction operation in that region from 1964-1990. This expert analysis, filed in the Ecuadorian court hearing a landmark...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Chevron Ecuador Scientific Expert Suffers Blow to Credibility
Chevron's lead expert in its massive Ecuador environmental trial suffered an embarrassing blow to his credibility earlier this year, putting the credibility of his scientific work in Ecuador further into question. The expert, named John Connor, testified in a Mississippi case against the oil giant that Chevron could not have been responsible for any...
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Chevron's Ecuador Protestors Target U.S. Service Station
Chevron's destruction of the rainforest in Ecuador, and it's refusal to clean up the mess it left in the area, attracted headlines today when dozens of protesters targeted Chevron service stations across the bay area. The company is facing a huge potential legal liability in Ecuador for illegally dumping (by the company's own admission) billions of...
Chevron Suffers Court Setback In Attack On Ecuador Lawyer
Judge Tosses Chevron's Malicious Prosecution Case Against LawyerKate MoserThe RecorderOctober 11, 2010Chevron Corp. struck out again Friday in its malicious prosecution suit against a Massachusetts lawyer.In May, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken threw out eight of nine claims but gave the energy giant another chance to show that Cristobal Bonifaz...
Friday, October 8, 2010
Federal Judges Beginning To Question Chevron Legal Strategy In Ecuadorian Lawsuit
Amazon Defense Coalition7 October 2010 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Karen Hinton at 703-798-3109 or karen@hintoncommunications.comNew York, New York -- Federal courts are beginning to raise questions regarding Chevron’s efforts to use the U.S. legal system in service of an effort by the oil giant to derail a potential multi-billion dollar environmental...
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Chevron Hit Hard In Sworn Testimony Over Massive Ecuador Liability
Gibson Dunn Lawyer Flies Into Panic As American Expert Provides Devastating EvidenceAmazon Defense Coalition6 October 2010 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Karen Hinton at 703-798-3109 or Karen@hintoncommunications.comDenver, CO – One of Chevron’s lawyers at the law firm of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher flew into a panic during a recent deposition when...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Chevron Should Pay for Its Pollution in Ecuador
The arch-conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page blasted the Ecuadorians’ lawsuit for the third time recently. Some things in life are so predictable. Below is the letter to the editor in response.Chevron Should Pay for Its Pollution in EcuadorYour editorial "Shakedown in the Rain Forest" (Sept. 23) on Chevron's multibillion-dollar liability...
Monday, October 4, 2010
New Discovery Shatters Oil Giant’s So-Called “Evidence” Against Ecuadorians in Multi-Billion Dollar Contamination Lawsuit
They say a picture is worth a thousand words but, as the Ecuadorian plaintiffs have learned, a manipulated video can be worth a thousand lies. Take the inaccurate translation that Chevron has offered into evidence in its last-ditch effort to discredit the Ecuadorian eco-disaster lawsuit against the oil giant. This new discovery has shattered a key...
Friday, October 1, 2010
Chevron's Thin Skin Exposed Again
Maria Ramos Refuses to Succumb To Oil Giant’s Strong-Arm TacticsMaria Ramos of the Rainforest Action Network has long been a thorn in Chevron’s side over its Ecuador environmental disaster, considered the worst on the planet. Just how much so was recently captured on video.As the director of the We Can Change Chevron initiative, Ramos recently attended...
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