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The Gloves Come off Between the People of Ecuador and Chevron in Pollution CaseThe fight between the native people of northern Ecuador and the oil giant Chevron over the Lago Agrio oil field has taken an unexpected turn as Chevron just filed suit against the ruling judge and plaintiff's lawyers for fraud and corruption. In 1967 the American oil company Texaco began to drill when they found vast oil reserves hidden beneath the Amazon's floor in northern Ecuador, and decades later the people of Ecuador sued the crude oil giant for alleged pollution of the area. The lawsuit started in 1993, and after 18 years of battling in courts in the United States and Ecuador (and after Texaco was consumed by Chevron) the people of Ecuador were awarded $18 billion in restitution for the harm done to their health and their native land....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-gloves-come-off-between-the-people-of-ecuador-and-chevron-in-pollution-case/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
The Gloves Come off Between the People of Ecuador and Chevron in Pollution CaseThe fight between the native people of northern Ecuador and the oil giant Chevron over the Lago Agrio oil field has taken an unexpected turn as Chevron just filed suit against the ruling judge and plaintiff's lawyers for fraud and corruption. In 1967 the American oil company Texaco began to drill when they found vast oil reserves hidden beneath the Amazon's floor in northern Ecuador, and decades later the people of Ecuador sued the crude oil giant for alleged pollution of the area. The lawsuit started in 1993, and after 18 years of battling in courts in the United States and Ecuador (and after Texaco was consumed by Chevron) the people of Ecuador were awarded $18 billion in restitution for the harm done to their health and their native land....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-gloves-come-off-between-the-people-of-ecuador-and-chevron-in-pollution-case/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
The Gloves Come off Between the People of Ecuador and Chevron in Pollution CaseThe fight between the native people of northern Ecuador and the oil giant Chevron over the Lago Agrio oil field has taken an unexpected turn as Chevron just filed suit against the ruling judge and plaintiff's lawyers for fraud and corruption. In 1967 the American oil company Texaco began to drill when they found vast oil reserves hidden beneath the Amazon's floor in northern Ecuador, and decades later the people of Ecuador sued the crude oil giant for alleged pollution of the area. The lawsuit started in 1993, and after 18 years of battling in courts in the United States and Ecuador (and after Texaco was consumed by Chevron) the people of Ecuador were awarded $18 billion in restitution for the harm done to their health and their native land....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/the-gloves-come-off-between-the-people-of-ecuador-and-chevron-in-pollution-case/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
