Ecuador: Chevron Found Guilty In Landmark Trial; Plaintiffs Respond

Ecuador: Chevron Found Guilty In Landmark Trial; Plaintiffs Respond   Oil giant ordered to pay record $9 billion to Ecuadorian rainforest communities   Plaintiffs gathered in Quito after oil giant Chevron was found guilty yesterday of massive environmental contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon and was ordered to pay $9 billion in fines in one of the largest environmental damages awards on record. The ruling comes after more than 17 years of litigation brought by thousands of indigenous...

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