2018 Was Tough Year for Chevron On $12b Ecuador Case; Board Asked To Investigate CEO Wirth

Chevron had a tough year in 2018 as it dug itself an even deeper hole on environmental issues across the globe, most notably on the landmark pollution case where the company faces a $12 billion liability for causing the "Amazon Chernobyl" in Ecuador. Chevron's massive expenditures on that litigation -- now up to $3 billion in legal fees to pay 2,000...

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Statement From Ecuadorian Communities About Support From Musician Roger Waters

The following is a statement regarding Roger Waters released today from Carmen Cartuche, the President of the Front for Defense of the Amazon (FDA), the grass roots organization in Ecuador that is the beneficiary of the historic environmental judgment against Chevron: Rumors that Roger Waters received money to come to Ecuador or that he might profit...

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Chevron Appears To Be A Global Tax Cheat As Well As Serial Human Rights Abuser

In the battle between Indigenous peoples and Chevron over the company's massive toxic dumping in Ecuador, one thing has become increasingly clear: the human rights abuses committed by the company in the Amazon are not unique. They are in fact indicative of an internal culture that clearly flouts the law as part of the company's customary business practices....

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Here Are The Three Secret Trade Arbitrators Undermining Indigenous Groups In Ecuador's Rainforest

The three men above are being used by Chevron as a secret kangaroo court to try to undermine enforcement of the landmark $12 billion Ecuador pollution judgment resulting from the company's deliberate dumping of billions...

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Chevron's $12b Ecuador Pollution Liability: Where It Stands After New Canada Court Decision

It is clear that two recent court decisions in Chevron's $12 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" pollution case -- in Canada and Gibraltar -- have led new CEO Michael Wirth to issue yet more misleading statements to distract attention...

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Chevron Should Be Booted From Transparency Initiative Over Corruption Concerns, Say Civil Society Groups

Several civil society groups, including London-based Global Witness and Oxfam America, are seeking to boot Chevron from the board of a major international transparency initiative designed to combat oil industry corruption. This seems like a long overdue step for what has to be one of the most morally bankrupt oil companies on earth. Readers of the...

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Chevron Hurting Again As Shareholders Show Renewed Anxiety Over $12B Ecuador Pollution Judgment

R. Hewitt Pate Randy Mastro Chevron's management team, led by new CEO Michael Wirth and longtime General Counsel R. Hewitt Pate, faces deepening problems in Canada as Ecuadorian indigenous peoples and farmer communities...

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