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Understory - Wikileaks Cables Make A Bad Week For Chevron Even Worse A New York appeals court toppled the legal house of cards Chevron built to shield itself from having to clean up its oil contamination in the Ecuadorean Amazon. Now a series of diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks has gone and made what was already a very bad week for Chevron even worse.
Understory - 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 judgment against the company for contaminating the Amazon.
Reuters - Chevron confirms Gulf of Mexico oil leak A leak from a shallow water crude oil pipeline in the Main Pass Area of the Gulf of Mexico has led Chevron to shut down its offshore Louisiana Main Pass pipeline network, the company said on Tuesday.
Understory - Why would anyone want to work for Chevron? Chevron CEO John Watson says Pres. Obama shouldn’t call for ending taxpayer handouts to Big Oil in order to create jobs. Instead, Watson suggested, Obama should end EPA regulations aimed at keeping his industry from destroying the planet.
Vanguard Media - Gbaramatu women disrupt Chevron operations Ms. Edith Odafe, said: “We are in pains. Chevron has failed in its promises to us. We need these basic things of life which they promised us. The contract is far gone and they have not done anything. They are insulting our sensibility as a people.”
Forbes - Chevron And BP Reveal Big New Deepwater Finds In The Gulf Of Mexico Serial polluters Chevron and BP are back at work pumping profits out of the Gulf of Mexico. God help us all.
The Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, state, Chevron reach oil spill settlement Salt Lake City resident Peter Hayes, whose son was hospitalized and whose home was evacuated during Chevron's oil spill, said the fine levied against the company provides no deterrent for an oil company the size of Chevron to guard against future problems. "The object of having fines and punishments is to alter behavior," he said. "This fine will do nothing to change their behavior. It is insufficient."
Bakersfield Now - More problems in oil field where worker died in sinkhole Scathing state reports show new and serious problems in the oil field near Taft where a Chevron worker died in a sinkhole.
Forbes - Drilling Into Eden One of the Earth's most ecologically delicate habitats is also home to a $50 billion natural gas project. Welcome to Barrow Island, where some 2,000 workers toiling for Chevron as they build the $37 billion first phase of an energy project called Gorgon.
Understory - 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 a big way.