Ecuador: DiNapoli To Chevron - Resolve Amazon Lawsuit

Ecuador: DiNapoli To Chevron - Resolve Amazon Lawsuit   Standoff on Poor Ecological Record Bad for Business   New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and a coalition of investors today released a letter to oil giant Chevron urging the company to settle its 20-year legal battle with indigenous populations in the Amazon rainforest. The long-running court case alleges that Texaco, which merged with Chevron 10 years ago, destroyed huge tracts of the rainforest by dumping billions of gallons...

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