January 11, 2011 | Mike G. | Source: The Understory

Now that Chevron has been found guilty – again – for intentionally dumping a massive amount of toxic oil waste in the Ecuadorean Amazon, the company has become increasingly desperate to explain its refusal to take responsibility. But then, Chevron’s spokespeople have never been afraid to make absurd excuses for why their company

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Source: Curthousenews.com

January 11, 2012

By ADAM KLASFELD 

MANHATTAN (CN) – The Ecuadorean government urged The Hague to let a group of its natives collect an $18.2 billion judgment from Chevron to clean up an oil spill they call the “Amazon’s Chernobyl.”      Since it was entered by a provincial court in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, on Feb. 14, 2011, Chevron has fought the judgment on

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Source: Marculyseas.wordpress.com

January 8, 2012

Huge Victory for Plaintiffs as Appeals Court Affirms $18 Billion Pollution Judgment

“We’ve lost so many people in the community, and it’s a shame they couldn’t be with us to hear the good news.” – Humberto Piaguaje, community representative

Did you hear the stellar news ringing in 2012? The 18-year legal battle over Chevron’s horrific legacy of pollution in

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Pacific Rim is suing El Salvador for up to hundreds of millions of dollars under the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) for not approving a mining license. Since Canada isn’t part of this agreement, Pacific Rim opened a subsidiary in Reno, Nevada.

Source: Institute for Policy Studies

December 15, 2011 · By John Cavanagh

Undemocratic provisions in treaties enable corporations to sue governments in international tribunals over environmental, health, and other measures foreign countries take to protect the public.

Today I will join leaders from the labor, environmental, faith, and human rights communities to protest in front of the World Bank.

Why?

We’ll be there to

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