Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Chevron and the Amazon
A judge ruled yesterday that a $9.5 billion settlement against oil giant Chevron in Ecuador was a fraud. Villagers in Ecuador and environmentalists say Texaco - now owned by Chevron - polluted their corner of the Amazon for decades.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readA judge ruled yesterday that a $9.5 billion settlement against oil giant Chevron in Ecuador was a fraud. Villagers in Ecuador and environmentalists say Texaco - now owned by Chevron - polluted their corner of the Amazon for decades. But according to the ruling, the lawyer representing the farmers and fishermen in Ecuador bribed judges and committed fraud relating to the case.
