The Chevron Pit

A blog maintained by the team working to hold oil giant Chevron accountable for its human rights and environmental abuses in Ecuador

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

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

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Originally posted to Eye on the Amazon , by Amazon Watch's Paul Paz y MiƱo, published Nov. 26th: You likely already know that Chev...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Human Rights Lawyer's Testimony Censored by US Court

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Today, representatives of lawyer Steven Donziger and the Ecuadorean communities ravaged by Chevron contamination issued a press release hig...

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

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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...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Donziger & Ecuadorians File Motion to Strike Testimony of Chevron's Well-Paid Witness

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Today, the legal team for Steven Donziger and the Ecuadorians targeted by Chevron's retaliatory RICO suit filed a motion —fille...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Letter to the Court: Donziger Expresses Fair Trial Concerns to Judge Kaplan

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In an October 23rd letter to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, Steven Donziger writes: “I write to record objections to certain procedures being u...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Corporate Rights or Human Rights?

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Katie Redford at Earth Rights International posted a blog here ,  writing eloquently on the privilege to "speak" and limit acti...

Chevron Withdraws Key Element of RICO Charge Against Donziger

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Check out the press release issued today by the legal team representing Steven Donziger and the Ecuadorian Plaintiffs—now, of course, Defend...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

RICO Bombshell Further Erodes Credibility of Key Chevron Witness

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On the very second morning of the trial in Chevron's retaliatory RICO suit, one of the oil giant's star witnesses dropped a bombshel...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Eye on the Amazon: Retaliation Trial Opens Against Victims of Chevron Contamination in Ecuador

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Reposted from Eye on the Amazon Today in New York Ecuadorian villagers from the Amazon rainforest region ravaged by Chevron's ...

Chevron’s Retaliatory Show Trial Opens in New York

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Today in a New York Courtroom,  Chevron’s campaign to evade accountability for its environmental and human rights abuses in Ecuador offici...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Setting the Record Straight: Steven on HuffPost Live

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This is an excellent segment. Watch Steven Donziger interviewed on HuffPost Live :     Steven sets the record straight when the ill-info...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Judge Kaplan Denies Jury Trial for Donziger and Ecuadoreans

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Today, the New York Law Journal ran an article on its front page about the upcoming trial in Chevron's retaliatory RICO lawsuit against...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Chevron Continues Abusive Efforts to Rig Trial in Retaliatatory RICO Case vs. Donziger and Ecuadorian Villagers

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Last week, after bringing in heavy-hitting trial lawyer Ted Olson to argue its case, Chevron prevailed in its effort to keep its favorite ju...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Chevron General Counsel Distorts Arbitration Ruling to Hide $19 Billion Ecuador Liability

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  Reporters Get Sucked In By Chevron’s Spin R. Hewitt Pate, Chevron’s General Counsel, faces a series of cascading problems rela...
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