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This Epic Environmental Lawsuit Just Got a Bit More Complicated
A key Chevron witness admitted to lying in a racketeering and fraud suit against attorney Steven Donziger, so the lawyer and his legal team are asking that the federal court judgement be thrown out.
Chevron's Star Witness Admits to Lying in the Amazon Pollution Case
The witness, a former Ecuadorean judge, claimed that lawyers representing residents of the Amazon harmed by the oil company's contamination paid him to ghostwrite a court judgement — but he now says that he lied.
There Is Persistent Contamination at Former Chevron Sites in the Amazon
Just released transcripts from an international arbitration proceeding reveal oil contamination at sites supposedly cleaned up by the oil major.
Canada's Supreme Court Rules These Ecuadorians Can Try to Seize Chevron's Canadian Assets
Residents of the Amazon won a $9 billion lawsuit against Chevron, but the company hasn't paid — so the plaintiffs have taken their case to Canada.
Mexico Finally Opens Auction for Private Oil Exploration, But Gets Few Takers
Mexico's government for years touted the eventual opening up of its national oil industry to private money. But in its first gamble, it auctioned off only two out of 14 exploration fields, a disappointing result.
Some of the World's Biggest Energy Companies Want a Price on Carbon Pollution
Six European oil and gas companies wrote to the UN, urging governments to impose a fee on carbon dioxide — But Exxon Mobil and Chevron didn't join them.
The Chevron Tapes: Video Shows Oil Giant Allegedly Covering Up Amazon Contamination
Footage released by an environmental group seems to show workers associated with Chevron finding contaminated soil in areas that it claimed were already clean, illustrating alleged fraudulent activity.
The Plan to Mop Up the World's Largest Oil Spill With Fungus
Can a team of radical biologists deploy mushrooms to absorb the Amazonian oil spills that have plagued the forest for decades?
Chevron Puts On Ice Its Plans to Drill in the Canadian Arctic
Crude oil prices have plummeted over the past several months, making exploration in the Arctic economically risky, according to one of the world's leading oil producers.
An Indigenous Resistance Community Evicted a Fracked Gas Pipeline Crew From Its Territories
Multiple fracked gas and tar sands pipelines have been planned where the evictions took place, without consent from the Unist’ot’en clan.
Chevron Started a Newspaper to Mask Its Safety Abuse Record
The Richmond Standard, an online newspaper, has decidedly positive things to say about anything the company does.