organization:ecuadorian court

  • Court Ruling Backs Ecuadorian Effort to Hold Chevron Accountable for Amazon Pollution (Relevé sur le net)
    http://www.democracynow.org/2011/9/20/court_ruling_backs_ecuadorian_effort_to

    A U.S. appeals court has ruled oil giant Chevron cannot escape an $18 billion fine for massive pollution of the Amazon rain forest. Amazonian residents won the damages in an Ecuadorian court earlier this year, and Chevron says it will appeal the decision. It is the latest development in a complex, 18-year legal battle that has gone before judges not just in Ecuador and the United States, but also The Hague. We speak with Atossa Soltani, executive director of Amazon Watch, which has worked closely with the Amazon residents suing Chevron. Atossa Soltani is in New York City this week to draw attention to environmental causes in the Amazon in conjunction with two major gatherings, the Clinton Global Initiative and the United Nations General Assembly. (...) Source: Democracy Now!

  • Amazon pollution victims to ask judge to award $8bn Chevron money | Environment | guardian.co.uk
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/16/amazon-pollution-chevron-money

    Victims of what they say is one the world’s worst environmental disasters will on Friday ask a New York court to free up billions of dollars in compensation awarded to them in a record ruling earlier this year – and oust the judge who blocked their claim.

    The $8bn fine was imposed by an Ecuadorian court in February on oil giant Chevron, on behalf of 30,000 residents of the Amazon basin whose health and environment were allegedly damaged by chemical-laden waste water dumped by Texaco’s operations from 1972 to 1990. Chevron bought Texaco in 2001.

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