Amazon Watch: The Truth Has No Place in Kaplan's Court

Originally posted to Eye on the Amazon, by Amazon Watch's Paul Paz y Miño, published Nov. 26th: You likely already know that Chevron (as Texaco) admitted to deliberately dumping close to 18 billion gallons of toxic...

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Human Rights Lawyer's Testimony Censored by US Court

Today, representatives of lawyer Steven Donziger and the Ecuadorean communities ravaged by Chevron contamination issued a press release highlighting the significant passages of Donziger's testimony struck from the record by Judge Lewis Kaplan. From the release: Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, overseeing Chevron’s RICO trial against Ecuadorian villagers and...

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“They are trying to destroy my life”: Chevron’s legal war on its harshest critic

Editor of the Earth Island Journal Jason Mark wrote a story that first appeared in the magazine, and has now been syndicated by Salon. In the article, Mark goes beyond the basic reporting on the back-and-forth of the Chevron v. Donziger trial to explore the broader implications of the oil giant's retaliatory efforts. First he quotes Donziger's former...

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