Wednesday, June 17, 2015

In Blow to Chevron, Judges Rule that Ecuador Pollution Dispute Belongs In The Courts of Ecuador

A five-judge panel from a respected New York appeals court has dealt a blow to Chevron in a dispute between two groups of villagers related to the company's $9.5 billion pollution liability in Ecuador. In a decision issued this week, the court unanimously ruled that any dispute among Ecuadorian villagers over the distribution of proceeds from the...

Monday, June 8, 2015

The Nation Magazine Exposes Chevron's Lies About Its Toxic Dumping In Ecuador

More journalists are beginning to expose the lies behind Chevron's retaliation campaign against the indigenous and farmer communities who held it accountable in a court of law for dumping billions of gallons of toxic waste in Ecuador's rainforest. The communities own a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron, but the company refuses to pay even though...

Monday, June 1, 2015

Judge Kaplan's Decision For Chevron Based on Falsified Evidence, Says New Report

Chevron is on the ropes yet again in the Ecuador pollution case as its main defense continues to unravel, according to prominent appellate lawyer Deepak Gupta of the Gupta Beck law firm in Washington, D.C. An explosive new forensic report from Ecuador's government filed recently before a federal appellate court in New York proves that U.S. Judge...