The Amazon Defense Coalition is a part of a regional, national and global struggle for environmental and collective rights in the Ecuadorian Amazon
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11-01-12
Indigenous groups and villagers from Ecuador are filing suit today to freeze an estimated $2 billion of Chevron assets in Argentina to help pay for a remediation of the extensive toxic pollution left by the oil giant on their ancestral lands in the Amazon rainforest, representatives of the commun...
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10-19-12
A court decision this week in Ecuador to freeze an estimated $200 million of Chevron assets is clear evidence that the oil giant’s CEO and General Counsel were lying to shareholders when they repeatedly claimed the company had no assets in the country, according to an analysis by the Amazon Defen...
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10-18-12
Chevron’s growing environmental legal problems around the world have spilled over to the Florida Senate race, potentially backfiring against the candidacy of Republican Connie Mack.
Chevron has donated significant funds to Mack’s campaign, which prompted incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson to r...
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10-16-12
Rainforest villagers from Ecuador scored their first significant collection victory against Chevron’s assets this week in their attempt to enforce the historic $19 billion judgment against the oil giant after it was found to have caused cancers and environmental damage to ancestral lands in the A...
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10-16-12
Some Wall Street analysts are beginning to pose tough questions to Chevron over its $19 billion Ecuador environmental liability as a U.S. Congresswoman and shareholders are...
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10-09-12
The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected Chevron’s latest attempt to block global enforcement of a historic $19 billion environmental judgment from Ecuador’s courts, removing another hurdle for rainforest indigenous groups as they continue their efforts to seize billions of dollars of Chevron assets...
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10-02-12
Chevron’s courtroom setbacks in the U.S. related to its $19 billion Ecuador liability are piling up as CEO John Watson faces increased shareholder pressure around the world to settle the case, according to an ...
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09-28-12
Desperate to avoid paying a $19 billion environmental judgment from Ecuador, Chevron has launched a retaliation campaign by trying to gain access to years of activity of the private email accounts of 101 people who have some connection to the lawsuit – including about 15 summer interns who worked...
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08-24-12
Steven Donziger, a sole practitioner in New York, filed claims against Chevron in federal court charging the oil giant with orchestrating an illegal campaign of intimidation and lies to evade paying a $19 billion court judgment for creating what experts believe is the world's worst oil-related en...
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08-10-12
The backstory to Chevron's disastrous refinery explosion this week in a small California town can be found thousands of miles away in Ecuador and Nigeria where for years vulnerable communities have been suffering the awful consequences of Chevron's greedy and conflict-ridden corporate culture, ac...