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    Meet the Amazon Tribespeople Who Beat Chevron in Court – But Are Still Fighting for Clean Water

    With the judgment in their favor tied up in a New York courtroom, indigenous residents of Ecuador's oil-polluted rainforest are going back to basics

    TakePart | "It fills me with rage to see what the oil companies have done to my people," says ClearWater coordinator Nemonte Nenquimo. "We are not supposed to be controlled by an oil company. Waorani are meant to lively freely."

    October 30, 2014
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    Donny Rico Gives Credit Where Credit Is Due: Judge Kaplan

    Chevron's retaliatory RICO case against the Ecuadorians and their lawyers would not have come about were it not for the generous suggestion of U.S. Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan. Chevron spent millions upon millions filing cases against the Ecuadorians everywhere other than Ecuador once the company saw the verdict was about to come down, but when...

    October 30, 2014
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    U.S. Judge Kaplan Held Investments In Chevron When He Ruled for Company

    Donziger Calls On Judge to Review Investments and Make Full Disclosure of All Ties to Oil Company

    New York, NY – The U.S. federal judge who ruled in favor of Chevron in the company's campaign to block collection of its $9.5 billion environmental liability in Ecuador held investments in the oil company at the time of his decision, documents reveal.

    October 29, 2014
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    Hall of SHAME? We Have a Winner!

    There are many corporations worthy of being condemned for their actions that harm people and the planet, but none more deserving than Chevron. This company has reveled in its role as corporate criminal on the run from a $9.5 billion verdict against it in Ecuador for the deliberate dumping of billions of gallons of toxic wastewater into the...

    October 22, 2014
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    Business Journalists Rush to Rescue Chevron from Its Ecuador Disaster

    Chevron got a little help from its friends in the corporate media last week. It is clear that business journalists will come out of the woodwork to defend the company from attacks on their own kind, even if the truth about Chevron’s human rights violations is sacrificed in the process.

    September 30, 2014
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    Finally! A Candid Exposé of Chevron's Dirty Tricks

    An article in Rolling Stone reminds readers that, "it's the farmers and the Indians, not the lawyers, who continue to struggle daily with the 50-year legacy of oil production in the region."

    August 29, 2014
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    Sludge Match: Inside Chevron's $9 Billion Legal Battle with Ecuadorian Villagers

    For more than two decades, energy giant Chevron and Ecuadorian activists have been embroiled in a contentious lawsuit about who is responsible for contaminating a vast swath of the Amazon

    Rolling Stone | "What gets lost in the twists and turns of this lawsuit is the only thing that matters," says Mitch Anderson of ClearWater, a NGO that works to provide clean water to the affected communities. "The people of the Amazon continue to grow crops out of contaminated soil and bathe in contaminated rivers."

    August 28, 2014
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    Open Letter to Petroamazonas from Yasunidos

    Report on the Cuyabeno oil spill

    Alarmed and distressed by the information that diverse organizations and Amazonian populations shared with Yasunidos regarding the magnitude of the oil spill on July 3rd in the province of Sucumbíos, a commission traveled the length of Aguarico River, verified the extent of the spill's path, and received first-hand testimonies from affected...

    July 15, 2014
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    Supporting Community-Led Environmental Monitoring in the Wake of an Oil Spill

    ClearWater | A Petroamazonas pipeline ruptured, spewing thousands of barrels of crude oil into the Aguarico River. When would the company stop the spill? How poisoned is our water? When will it be safe to bathe, wash clothes, and fish in our river? Will the company clean up the spill? These were the questions on the minds of many of the Cofán, Siona and...

    July 17, 2014
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    Human Rights Organizations File Amicus Brief Opposing Chevron RICO Decision

    Ruling poses serious threat to free speech and democracy

    Oakland, CA – Chevron and U.S. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan have acted to trample the First Amendment rights of U.S. citizens who dare to speak out against human rights abuses, environmental destruction and corporate misdeeds, according to human rights and environmental organizations Amnesty International, Amazon Watch, Friends of the Earth and the...

    July 15, 2014
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    Cartoon Highlights Gibson Dunn's "Legal Thuggery" On Chevron's Behalf

    Latest installment of satirical cartoon series calls out Chevron's threats against those who want to hold the oil giant accountable for the mess it made in the Amazon.

    MintPress | Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore, the satirical series was created to draw the public’s attention to the threats Chevron has leveled against environmentalists, journalists, scientists and locals who have tried to hold the company accountable for dumping 18 billion gallons of toxic oil waste into rivers and streams...

    July 1, 2014
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    "Legal Tender"

    Donny Rico on how Chevron’s legal thuggery really works

    At long last we bring you Episode #3 in The Adventures of Donny Rico, a clever deep dive into the methods used by Chevron in its desperate and unethical campaign to turn the tables on the very victims it poisoned in Ecuador's rainforest.

    June 24, 2014
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    When Might = Right: How Chevron Got Out of a $19 Billion Lawsuit*

    * An excellent analysis of Chevron's tactics, although the company is still liable for $9.5 billion, despite its unethical actions.

    Huffington Post | Chevron has put unprecedented resources into its campaign against the Ecuadorian villagers, hiring more than 60 law firms and 2,000 legal professionals to wage a war of attrition.

    June 16, 2014
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    "Who's Bribin' Who?"

    Donny Rico (and Chevron) explain how to pollute the Amazon and get away wit’ it.

    Do people give people backpacks full of cold hard cash in exchange for legal testimony? People do. Chevron should know. They did exactly that. But of course you won't be hearing John Watson mention that to the company's shareholders.

    May 28, 2014
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    No More Impunity! Communities Worldwide Protest "Gangster Corporation" Chevron

    Demonstrations planned in five continents in solidarity with those poisoned by oil giant's operations

    Common Dreams | Decrying what they say are Chevron's crimes against humanity, communities across five continents are rising up on Wednesday in an international day of action against the oil giant.

    May 21, 2014
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    Chevron Management Hit with Protests on Five Continents

    "Global Day of Action" Asks Consumers and Governments to Reject Chevron Products

    Richmond, CA – In a global protest event spanning five continents, several communities affected by Chevron's sloppy operational practices call on consumers and governments to not do business with oil giant until the company's management team cleans up its act and implements new policies to better protect the environment.

    May 21, 2014
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    Chevron's Ecuador Plan B

    Huffington Post | Test results from the Ecuador trial support what the villagers have always alleged: Chevron contaminated their land, using substandard drilling practices to minimize costs and maximize profit. The real news is the cover-up of the mess they left behind.

    May 9, 2014
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    Communities from Five Countries Blast Chevron Over Shoddy Environmental Practices

    Launch Global Campaign Against Company and its Products

    Oakland, CA – Community leaders from several countries, including indigenous and farmer communities from the rainforest of Ecuador, announced today a worldwide call for global day of actions in opposition to Chevron to be launched during late May just before the company's 2014 annual shareholders meeting.

    April 25, 2014
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    The Bush Doctrine Comes to Oakland Courtesy of Chevron

    Chevron is so scared of the truth that even having someone in the room who might talk about their acts is a threat. This is not an isolated incident, but rather a concerted attack on environmental advocacy.

    April 23, 2014
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    Don't Buy Chevron's Big Lie!

    Ironically, the grave danger from Chevron's farcical RICO ruling is not to the Ecuadorians seeking justice. The real danger is the precedent this sets for our work to hold Chevron and other U.S. corporations accountable.

    March 25, 2014
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    Federal Ruling in Ecuador Pollution Case Violates First Amendment

    New York, NY – Amazon Watch stands with Ecuadorian communities in rejecting a misguided judgment delaying justice for some 30,000 indigenous people and farmers who continue to suffer from the company's toxic legacy in the Amazon rainforest.

    March 4, 2014
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    Chevron: "Let Them Eat Pizza!"

    In a move that would make Montgomery Burns proud, Chevron "apologized" to the community for the massive explosion of their fracking well in rural Pennsylvania by offering each affected family a coupon for a free pizza.

    February 19, 2014
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    We Will Never Forget

    3rd anniversary of judgment against Chevron In Ecuador

    Justice delayed is justice denied. For the sake of Maria Aguinda and thousands more like her, let us today re-commit to fighting until the people of the Ecuadorian Amazon get the relief they have sought for too long already.

    February 14, 2014
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    Chevron Cries: "Please Your Honor, Make the Cartoons Stop!"

    Cartoons are dangerous. In fact, Chevron wants a US Federal Court to believe cartoons are even more dangerous than dumping billions of gallons of toxic waste into the Ecuadorian Amazon and then suing the very people it poisoned.

    February 5, 2014
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