8 hours ago by Epex

From the article: Tens of thousands of Amazonians are suing Chevron, the American oil company, for poisoning their waterways in what is billed as one of the biggest environmental cases in history. The Ecuadorean claimants said the company illegally dumped toxic waste from its oil production, which f ...

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11 hours ago by admin

It’s all over the news: Chevron is being sued by two environmental groups over environmental destruction and pollution in Ecuador for a world-record breaking $27 billion. Chevron says that it was released of any further liability in 1992, when Texaco (which has since merged with Chevron) signed an a ...

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1 day ago by will

By WILL CONNORS LAGOS, Nigeria — Exxon Mobil Corp. ended months of negotiations with Nigeria by renewing three oil leases for fields the company operates in the country, an Exxon spokesman said. The three leases — for sites that produce more than 550,000 barrels a day — were extended for another 20 ...

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2 days ago by Alex Thorne

SAN FRANCISCO – Chevron has filed a malicious conduct lawsuit against an attorney who took the oil giant to court in 2006. The lawsuit alleges Cristobal Bonifaz, who once represented Amazon Defense Coalition (ADC), knowingly put witnesses on the stand who falsely claimed they had contracted cancer f ...

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2 days ago by Alex Thorne

The hot and humid impoverished region of Lago Agrio has unusual tourism traffic these days. Its renowned Toxic Tours have attracted many American journalists, politicians and celebrities, including Daryl Hannah, Bianca Jagger, Sting’s wife, Trudie Styler, and most recently, Robert Kennedy’s daughter ...

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2 days ago by Pat McKeough

The U.S. dollar is down 22% against the Canadian dollar so far this year. Many investors fear it will keep falling. If you knew the U.S. dollar would keep falling, the best strategy would be to sell all of your U.S. stocks and buy them back when the dollar stabilizes. However, you don’t know where t ...

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2 days ago by Andy Brice

It's good to see that industry continues to support the many camps that are being arranged to encourage young people to pursue a career in science. There's news that Chevron is pledging some $15,000 to West Hills Community College for science and math camps. The Avenal Family Math & Science Camp att ...

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3 days ago by Vintage November

Are we all a bit boring with the clothes we wear these days? If you go out to a formal do, most women will be wearing black or some other bland colour. The clothes we wear during the day are all so uniform and not many of us wear anything that could be considered bold. Fashion in the seventies might ...

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3 days ago by jaws2011

Ecuador’s Amazonians sue Chevron over poison waterways November 15, 2009 Approximately 30,000 Amazonians have filed a lawsuit against the US oil company, Chevron. The company illegally dumped toxic waste from its oil production and may pay up to $27 billion as compensation of the damages that the re ...

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