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Chevron's Chernobyl in the Amazon

For over three decades, Chevron chose profit over people. While drilling for oil in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest region, the company deliberately dumped billions of gallons of toxic wastewater into rivers and streams, spilled millions of gallons of crude oil, and abandoned hazardous waste in hundreds of unlined open-air pits littered throughout the region. The result was widespread devastation of the rainforest ecosystem and local indigenous communities, and one of the worst environmental disasters in history. More

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How a Human Rights Lawyer Went from Hero to House Arrest

Lawyer Steven Donziger helped win a $9.5 billion judgment for rain forest cleanup. Then Chevron hit back.

March 31, 2020The Nation

"Steven is totally the opposite of how Chevron portrays him," said Luis Yanza of the Amazon Defense Coalition. "He's dedicated his life – a great part of his life – to defending people in our poor communities."

Anti-Chevron Lawyer Steven Donziger Gets Blessing for Return of His Law License

February 24, 2020Courthouse News Service

"The extent of his pursuit by Chevron is so extravagant, and at this point so unnecessary and punitive, while not a factor in my recommendation, is nonetheless background to it," bar referee John Horan wrote.

How the Environmental Lawyer Who Won a Massive Judgment Against Chevron Lost Everything

January 29, 2020The Intercept

“He has effectively been convicted of bribery by the finding of a single judge in a case in which bribery wasn’t even the charge,” said Charles Nesson, an attorney and Harvard Law School professor.

Global Human Rights and Environmental Communities Condemn the House Arrest of U.S. Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger

Prominent organizations call for Donziger's immediate release and warn of chilling effect on other human rights lawyers who stand up to corporate polluters

November 14, 2019

"A human rights lawyer has been imprisoned in his own home for 100 days at the hands of the country's third largest corporation, and there has been very little attention to this chilling attack on his freedom," said Paul Paz y Miño of Amazon Watch.

Chevron's Legal Thuggery Run Amok

When corporations and U.S. judges team up to silence human rights advocates, we're all in danger

October 1, 2019

"The Chevron’s case rested on the paid testimony of a witness who was paid over $1 million. He admitted to changing his story multiple times, to sweetening his deal with Chevron. That was the star witness for Chevron in this case. I can’t think of any other case that I have worked on that I think is as great a travesty of justice to a particular individual, and the way that the court system treats individuals' rights."

Investor Eye on the Amazon

A primer for shareholders concerned about rainforest protection and human rights

Summer 2019

The Investor Eye on the Amazon provides an update on our campaigns targeting corporations with ties to dirty industry in the Amazon, and it aims to serve as a resource for socially-responsible investors, industry analysts, and researchers looking to better understand the risks associated with investment in extractive industries - and their own portfolios’ ties to these industries - in the Amazon and beyond.

Chevron's Corrupt Legal Practices Called Out by Leading Human Rights and Environmental NGOs

June 25, 2019

"It is also extremely concerning to us that Chevron has been able to leverage this apparently paid and largely false witness testimony to target the reputation of Mr. Donziger, who has worked for more than two decades with the affected communities in Ecuador to try to hold Chevron accountable for what is considered one of the worst oil-related environmental disasters on the planet."

Statement on Excessive Judicial Order Demanding That Steven Donziger Surrender His Passport

June 12, 2019

"Chevron, with Kaplan's help is trying to make an example of Donziger as part of its strategy to escape justice for the worst oil-related environmental crime in history. The human rights community stands together in defense of Mr. Donziger's right to travel and speak out and continue to advocate for his clients about the injustices of this case."

The Chevron Way: Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter-accusations.

May 30, 2019

Every year, a larger band of human rights and environmental activists show up at the Chevron shareholders meeting to stubbornly speak truth to power. It's essential to do so, as this is the one time that the Chevron CEO, board, and senior management are forced to listen to us.

Amazon Watch Statement on Canadian Supreme Court's Refusal to Hear Appeal Regarding Chevron Subsidiary in Enforcement Action

Supreme Court of Canada reinforces corporate impunity by protecting Chevron's Canadian assets. Ecuadorians maintain the right to enforce the judgment in Canada.

April 4, 2019

"The Canadian Supreme Court's denial is an affront to the very idea of corporate accountability and a message to anyone seeking justice from corporations responsible for environmental or human rights crimes. It does not, however, grant Chevron any actual victory in the Ecuador matter."