Chevron's Board of Directors recently awarded its General Counsel R. Hewitt Pate a 75% raise -- bringing his 2011 salary to a whopping $7.8 million -- for losing the landmark $18 billion environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, according to a recent public filing of the company.
In reaching the $18 billion judgment -- the largest ever in an environmental...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
European Investors Concerned About Chevron’s Amazon Disaster
Ecuadorian indigenous leaders meet Church of England's Investment Department Read this great blog by Mitch Anderson of Amazon Watch, focusing on concerns by European investors about Chevron’s environmental crimes in the...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Another Bad Day In Court For Chevron
Chevron had another bad day yesterday in one of the most powerful courts in the United States, proving again that when the Ecuadorians' attorneys are allowed to present their case, the oil giant's arguments quickly deflate....
Monday, April 16, 2012
Ecuadorians & Environmental Groups Provide Clean Water To Rainforest Residents Chevron Ignores
Ecuadorian indigenous groups and international environmental groups are doing what Chevron has refused to do in Ecuador’s oil-ravaged rainforest – provide clear, clean drinking water to people living near contaminated soil and water left behind by the oil giant almost 20 years ago.The new effort, called ClearWater expands upon other initiatives to...
Friday, April 13, 2012
Chevron to Ecuadorians: Drop Dead
Huffington Post Publishes Photos of People Who Have Died or Are Sick From ContaminationA lead Chevron lawyer has told an arbitration panel that the 30,000 Ecuadorian victims of the oil giant's contamination are "irrelevant"...
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Chevron Says These People Don't Matter
These moving photos were taken by Lou Dematteis, a photographer and writer who documented the lives of many Ecuadorian indigenous people who have died, lost family members or are sick from diseases as a result of Chevron's...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
High Court Has Dismissed Key Chevron Arguments Against Ecuadorians
See excerpts below from two separate U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals rulings concerning the Ecuadorians' lawsuit against Chevron. They counter Chevron's arguments that the $18 billion judgment should not be enforced and that its arbitration claim is binding upon the Ecuadorians.On enforcement:"The LAPs hold a judgment from an Ecuadorian court....
Monday, April 2, 2012
Maria Aguinda: The Grandmother Who Beat Chevron
Below are two photos of Maria Aguinda, the indigenous woman who has achieved global fame as the grandmother who beat Chevron in the $18 billion environmental lawsuit in Ecuador.The first photo shows Maria Aguinda in 1993,...
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