It’s paytime for Chevron’s ecological debt in Ecuador
On 3 January 2012, an appellate court in Ecuador confirmed an earlier lower court decision that found Chevron-Texaco guilty of a wide range of damages linked to their former oil extraction activities...
View ArticleShale gas fracking in Bulgaria freezes under public pressure
(By Konstantin Dichev and Dragomira Raeva) Bulgarian people want clean water and a healthy future for their children, instead of false promises for cheap shale gas. EJOLT partner Za Zemiata on the...
View ArticleDispatch from Canada: Dutch disease, Greek Disease or Oil Sands Fever in the...
By Leah Temper. Spatulas against Woks, wooden spoons against colanders, pots meeting pans – this is the sound of discontent in Canada these past few weeks. The student mobilizations in Quebec which...
View ArticleFracking: activists occupy Chevron in Poland
Peasants from local communities are occupying a piece of land to prevent the installation of Chevron for the exploration and exploitation of shale gas in the region of Zurawlow, Poland. The Polish...
View ArticleA new epidose in the Chevron vs Ecuador saga
Source: The Chevron Pit. As EJOLT reported earlier, here and here, one of the most prominent environmental lawsuit cases in the world is the case where some 30.000 Ecuadorians are seeking justice for...
View ArticleToday is Anti-Chevron day: Help stop this corporate super-power from getting...
By Leah Temper. On the international day of action against Chevron we would like to highlight a call for Signatures from the Anti Chevron campaign and a global map of conflicts caused by Chevron...
View ArticleThe Ecuador vs Chevron lawsuit goes to a climax in Canada
UPDATE on 17 October 2014: The CBA drops plans to intervene at the Supreme court! POSTED on 9 October 2014: EJOLT has learned that the Canadian Bar Association plans to proceed with its intervention...
View ArticleComplaint against CEO of Chevron submitted to ICC
By Nick Meynen. BREAKING NEWS: Julio Prieto, lawyer for 30.000 Ecuadorian victims of Texaco’s environmental liabilities in the Amazon, just filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
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Julio Prieto on the epic battle between Ecuador & Chevron
By Nick Meynen. ‘We’re in front of the International Criminal Court now! We’re just about to get in. I’ll let you know when it’s done’. He hung up, went in and dropped the bomb in an office. Forty...
View ArticleThe Hague Rules Against Chevron in Ecuador Case
Source: ChevronToxico The international court ruled in favor of Ecuador in its case against the U.S. oil giant for causing one of the world’s greatest environmental disasters. The International Court...
View ArticleChevron’s atrocities mapped
By Nick Meynen. Saturday 21 May is the 3rd international day of action against Chevron. At this occasion, a new map with 30 conflicts between Chevron and different communities all over the world is...
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