Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Lawyer for Ecuadorians Turns the Tables On Chevron and Sues Oil Giant

Chevron: can you handle the truth about your crimes in Ecuador? New York lawyer Steven Donziger is going after Chevron, its CEO John Watson, and its General Counsel R. Hewitt Pate for orchestrating a campaign by the oil giant to evade paying a $19 billion judgment in Ecuador by targeting and defaming Donziger and other members of the legal team. Donziger,...

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Chevron Puts Workers’ Lives In Danger at Richmond Refinery

Allows Plant to Run As Leak Fixed, Workers Barely Escape Ignited Vapor Cloud Investigators are asking why Chevron allowed its Richmond, California refinery to continue to operate as its employees worked on a pipe leak that resulted in a fire, sending over 1,000 local citizens to the hospital. According to this San Francisco Chronicle story,...

Thursday, August 9, 2012

From Ecuador to Richmond to Nigeria, Greedy Chevron Lacks Respect for Communities Where It Operates

Flouts Safety in Backyard, Imagine What It Does in Places Where Few Are Watching Want to understand the backstory for Chevron's latest environmental disaster in Richmond, California?   See this video about Chevron’s devastating human rights violations and fraudulent cover-up in Ecuador and read this article about how Chevron essentially forced...