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Ecuador's New Deal: Nothing Succeeds Like Success

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 04.17.2013 | World
Mark Weisbrot

Rafael Correa is far ahead of his nearest rival in Sunday's presidential election in Ecuador, and expected to easily win another four year presidential term. It's not hard to see why. Unemployment fell to 4.1 percent by the end of last year -- a record low for at least 25 years.

Ecuador Deals New Blow To Chevron In Pollution Case

Reuters | Posted 12.17.2012 | Green

QUITO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean plaintiffs on Tuesday said an order issued by a court in the Andean country lets them seize some $200 million w...

Court Won't Hear Ecuador Pollution Case

AP | Posted 12.09.2012 | Green

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is staying out of the fight over efforts by Amazon rain forest residents to collect more than $18 billion from C...

From Ecuador to Richmond to Nigeria, Chevron Flouts Safety, Lacks Respect for Communities Where It Operates

Karen Hinton | Posted 10.13.2012 | Green
Karen Hinton

Countries around the world should simply cease doing further business with Chevron until it respects the communities where it operates. By any measure, the Richmond disaster is only the latest illustration of why this company has lost its social license to operate.

Arbitration Over Chevron's Ecuador Pollution To Stretch Into 2014

Reuters | Posted 10.02.2012 | Green

* Int'l arbitration panel to hear first evidence by Nov * Ecuador court increased damages against Chevron to $19 bln * C...

Chevron Says These People Don't Matter

Lou Dematteis | Posted 06.12.2012 | World
Lou Dematteis

I first traveled to the Ecuadoran Amazon in 1993 and witnessed first hand the contamination and environmental damage caused by Chevron.

Clean Water in the Amazon!

Mitch Anderson | Posted 06.12.2012 | Green
Mitch Anderson

Chevron is guilty of massive environmental crimes in the Amazon, but has chosen to spend millions on lobbyists, lawyers and PR firms instead of paying for a clean up of its mess.

'Green News Report' - January 5, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 03.06.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Riots ove...

Crude Politics: Is Chevron Involved in a Billion Dollar Bait-and-Switch in Ecuador?

Mitch Anderson | Posted 02.18.2012 | Green
Mitch Anderson

As the Yasuni-ITT Initiative deadline approaches, did its chief negotiator make a deal with the devil?

Chevron's Leadership Is an Oxymoron

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 01.14.2012 | Green
Paul Paz y Miño

Hypothetically, what would it mean if Chevron accepted its responsibility for the worst oil-related disaster on Earth? If they paid for a full-scale clean-up and helped to heal the sick and dying communities in Ecuador?

What Chevron Owes the People of Lago Agrio

Thomas P. DiNapoli | Posted 11.26.2011 | New York
Thomas P. DiNapoli

Once a prosperous base for Amazonian drilling operations for sulfur-rich 'sour crude' petroleum, Lago Agrio is now the center of what amounts to an industrial cancer zone larger than the state of Rhode Island.

NYC Appeals Court Puts Chevron Lawyer On Defensive

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 11.16.2011 | Green

NEW YORK — Judges on a federal appeals court put a lawyer for Chevron Inc. on the defensive Friday, expressing skepticism that a Manhattan judge...

Chevron Changing Its Tune In Ecuador Case, Documents Reveal

DeSmogBlog.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

New documents uncovered in the ongoing legal battle over Chevron/Texaco's destruction of the Ecuadorian rainforest show that, while Chevron recently l...

Chevron Wins Temporary Victory In Rainforest Contamination Case

AP | By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

NEW YORK -- A federal judge on Monday extended his temporary order banning collection of an $18 billion judgment by the courts in Ecuador against Chev...

Ecuador: Another Victory for the People

John Perkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
John Perkins

The Middle East, Wisconsin, and now the victory of Ecuadorians over the oil giant, Texaco (owned by Chevron)! We the people are taking back the reins of power!

Chevron Found Guilty in Amazon Pollution Case

Mitch Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Mitch Anderson

As a result of Chevron's pollution, several indigenous groups in Ecuador have been decimated and more than 9,000 people are at significant risk of contracting cancer in the coming decades.

Green News Report: February 15, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S SPECIAL RADIO REPORT: A...

Ecuadorian Court Orders Chevron to Pay $17 Billion for Oil Pollution in Amazon (VIDEO INTERVIEW)

Democracy Now! | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Ecuador Court Orders Chevron To Pay $8 Billion

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador (Reuters/Victor Gomez) - A court in Ecuador's Amazon jungle has ordered Chevron to pay $8 billion in a closely-watched environme...

Green News Report: February 10, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Bush EPA ...

Chevron Accused Of 'Corporate Bullying' In Ecuador Pollution Case

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Is Chevron's countersuit against Ecuador's plantiff lawyers legitimate or an act of intimidation? Chevron's recently filed Racketeer Influenced and Co...

Chevron Countersues In Ecuador Pollution Case

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Chevron Corp. on Tuesday filed a countersuit against trial lawyers and their consultants for what it says was a campaign to ...

Chevron Accused Of 'World's Worst Oil-Related Disaster' In $113 Billion Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Could there be enough "overwhelming" evidence against Chevron to merit a payment of over $100 billion? Tens of thousands of Ecuador's residents are th...

Wall Street Journal Picks Up Chevron Protest Story & Pivots

Antonia Juhasz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Antonia Juhasz

Earlier today, MarketWatch ran a story about my and four others' arrests at Chevron's annual shareholder meeting in Houston on May 25, 2010. The arti...

Oil and Cultural Genocide: From the Amazon to the Gulf

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Nikolas Kozloff

Reporters have ignored a crucial aspect of the BP spill: cultural extermination and the plight of indigenous peoples.