Chevron’s Legal Strategy Derailed, Ecuadoreans Score Major Victory
Yesterday, Chevron’s legal strategy to evade cleaning up its oil pollution in Ecuador went off the rails. An appeals court in New York lifted a ban on the $18 billion…
Why Would Anyone Want To Work For Chevron?
Ahead of President Obama’s big jobs speech tonight, Chevron CEO John Watson says that Obama shouldn’t call for ending the $4 billion in taxpayer handouts Big Oil receives in order…
Photos Show Destructive Impacts Of Steam Injection At Chevron Oil Well, California Officials Forced To Intervene
Even after a sinkhole filled with poisonous gas, super-heated steam and hot water opened up beneath 54-year-old Robert David Taylor, killing the veteran oilfield worker, Chevron continued its use of…
Chevron PR Hack Accidentally Reveals Chevron’s Dirty Dealings In Ecuador
Chevron PR spokesman Kent Robertson’s constant efforts to spin court proceedings to fit his company’s twisted version of events in Ecuador may be about to blow up in his face…
In Case You Were Wondering: Yes, Chevron Still Thinks We’re All Stupid
Chevron’s attempts to greenwash its image while doing nothing to take responsibility for its environmental and human rights abuses around the globe continue unabated. So we decided to re-launch ChevronThinksWereStupid.org…
Oil Company Takes Responsibility For Poisoning Poor People In Developing World, No Reports Of Flying Pigs
Yesterday, hell did not freeze over. Pigs (or if you’re Italian, donkeys) were not seen flying through the air on gossamer wings. What did happen yesterday? A major oil company…
Honor Amongst Polluters: Shell, Dow, Dole And The Chamber Of Commerce Come To Chevron’s Rescue
This is a really heartwarming story about how corporate polluters stick together through thick and thin. I recently wrote about 16 international law experts who filed briefs with the Second…
Chevron’s Dangerous Technology Claims A Human Life
Chevron is pioneering a technology that enables the oil giant to better exploit what’s left of the world’s dwindling oil supply — and as you might imagine, that technology is…
Chevron CEO John Watson Must Have Some Tasty Shoes
I’m sure a guy who makes $14 million a year can afford some pretty fancy and stylish shoes. But who would have thought they’d actually taste good, too? And yet…
Judge Kaplan Drastically Overreached With “Unlawful” Injunction To Protect Chevron, International Law Experts Say
US Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan’s bias in favor of Chevron may have led him to drastically overstep his authority, according to several international law experts from around the world who…