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Pollution, Feb 15th, 2011,
An Ecuadoran court has found oil giant Chevron guilty of contaminating the South American country’s Amazon basin. A judge in an Ecuadoran court levied a fine of $8bn (€6bn) against Chevron for deaths, illnesses and monetary losses sustained by the local inhabitants of the rainforest from spills of toxic waste and crude oil. The spills are estimated by a Swedish University study to total 30bn gallons (113bn liters). This amount dwarfs the 205m gallons spilt by BP in the Gulf of Mexico. Though the suit is being touted as a hard fought victory for the indigenous people of Ecuador, the…
Tags: amazon, Chevron, court, Ecuador, Ecuadoran, oil, Pollution, rainforest, spill, TOXIC
Climate Change, Nature, Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Dec 8th, 2009,
“Climate change has been produced principally by the rich countries,” he has said, “and they have a duty to take responsibility for that. What we are proposing is a constructive way to redress the imbalance and stop further polluting of the planet.” –President of Ecuador Rafael Correa (source: London Times) Just the thought of an oilfield that is also a rainforest instantly conjures a multitude of problems: deforestation, toxic spills, economic upheaval and violation of indigenous land rights – not to mention the emissions. All this is happening in the Ecuadoran Amazon and with violent, deadly consequences for local inhabitants…
Tags: amazon, Ecuador, Ecuadoran, London Times, oil, Rafael Correa, rainforest
