Chevron Ignores Safety Standards At California Refinery Where 19 Fires, Spills & Explosions Have Occurred Since 1989

About 4,800 Richmond, California residents have sued Chevron for negligence at an oil refinery and putting them at risk by not issuing public health warnings immediately after a recent explosion, the 19th disaster to have occurred at the refinery since 1989. The explosion, resulting from a corroded pipe, exposed them to toxic fumes that brought on respiratory,...

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Can't Define Irony? Then, Read Chevron's "Ethics" Complaint.

Grist blogger Philip Bump hits the nail on the head in his blog today about Chevron's "ethics" complaint against New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who has been one of only a handful of elected officials willing to stand up to Chevron's thuggery and own unethical misconduct in Ecuador. In a blog entitled, "Chevron is newly concerned about politicians...

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A Race For Time? Chevron Desperate to Extort Its Way Out of Paying $19 Billion Ecuador Judgment

An Argentine newspaper La Nacion reported that Chevron is in a "race for time" to convince a court in Argentina to lift a freeze of its assets as payment of the $19 billion judgment for oil contamination in the Ecuador rainforest. Chevron is trying to scare Argentina government officials by saying its subsidiaries there will go bankrupt and, as a result,...

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Gibson Dunn, Chevron Suffer Another Devastating Setback In $19 Billion Ecuador Case

The U.S. law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is getting hit with a new round of hurt because of its bungling of Chevron’s Ecuador environmental case. The recent order in Argentine to freeze roughly $2 billion in Chevron assets to help pay for the $19 billion Ecuador judgment is a monumental failure for Gibson Dunn’s defense strategy and a personal...

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Did President Obama & His Justice Department Extort Money From BP?

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BP Held Accountable For Deaths & Oil Spill; Chevron Remains Fugitive From Justice

Today BP got hit with four arrests for manslaughter and lying to Congress and $3 to $5 billion in federal fines for the ACCIDENTAL oil spill that resulted in 11 deaths and an estimated $40 billion plus in damages to individuals and local businesses. The U.S. Department of Justice is expected to announce a settlement deal later today. It will not include...

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Chevron’s Latest “Defense” In Ecuador Case: Hide Assets In Subsidiaries

After a dreadful series of legal setbacks, it sure didn’t take long for Chevron to come up with a new tricked-up defense to evade the $19 billion Ecuador environmental judgment. Like Chevron’s many other failed defenses in the Ecuador case, this one won’t wash either. Let’s review how we got here. The company’s first line of defense in the 1990s...

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