Privacy Advocates Say Chevron Wants to "Harass and Intimidate" People Supportive of Ecuadorians' Lawsuit Against Oil Giant

Courthouse News writes that privacy advocates say Chevron "wants to  harass and intimidate critics of a massive oil contamination in Ecuador with intrusive subpoenas of more than 70 email accounts." Read more about Chevron's aggressive tactics to invade people's privacy here. Become a follower of The Chevron Pit. Also...

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Chevron’s Ecuador $19 billion Pollution Problem Now An Issue in Florida Senate Race

Chevron's oil-related catastrophe in Ecuador (See here and here) is now an issue in the hotly-contested Florida Senate race between Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson and his challenger, Republican Connie Mack.  Chevron faces a $19 billion liability in the country for deliberately dumping billions of gallons of life-threatening toxins into the...

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Court Grants Ecuador Villagers First Big Victory Against Chevron Assets

Rainforest villagers from Ecuador scored their first significant collection victory against Chevron’s assets this week in their attempt to enforce the historic $19 billion judgment against the oil giant after it was found to have caused cancers and environmental damage to ancestral lands in the Amazon. An Ecuador court this week issued an order for...

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Chevron Facing Wall Street Criticism Over $19 Billion Ecuador Liability

Wall Street analysts rarely take controversial positions on publicly traded companies whose stock is doing well. But Chevron’s mishandling of its $19 billion liability in Ecuador for dumping toxins into the Amazon is beginning to look like the exception, at least to the analysts at Seeking Alpha and a commentator at the influential proxy advisor...

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Ted Olson Loses a Big One for Chevron Before the U.S. Supreme Court

Ted Olson needs to learn that it’s hard to put lipstick on Chevron’s pig in Ecuador. In yet another setback for Chevron, the U.S. Supreme Court this week declined a petition signed by Olson to restore the unprecedented global “injunction” obtained last year by the company purporting to block enforcement of the $19 billion Ecuador court judgment. ...

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