After being forced by Chevron to litigate for an astonishing 24 years, Ecuadorian indigenous villagers fighting for their own survival are now set to seize the company's assets in Canada to pay for a court-mandated clean-up of what is probably the world's worst oil-related environmental disaster.
But Canadian trial judge Glenn Hainey, either through...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Monday, January 23, 2017
In Canada, Chevron Faces New Nightmare Scenario Over Ecuador Pollution Liability
A Canadian trial judge on Friday issued a ruling allowing indigenous villagers in Ecuador to try to seize critical Chevron assets in the country to pay for the clean-up of the billions of gallons of toxic waste the company dumped into Ecuador's rainforest. The ruling has enormous implications for the rule of law, the corporate accountability movement,...
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Chevron's Massive Pollution In Ecuador Frames Death of Legendary Nurse Rosa Moreno
Rosa Moreno, the legendary nurse in Ecuador who spent three decades treating children and others afflicted with cancer in the area of Chevron's oil pollution in the Amazon rainforest, has now herself succumbed to cancer,...
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