Today Chevron released damning video evidence of a $3 million bribery scheme involving the Ecuadorian judge and government officials. Even as evidence is still being collected and the official ruling isn’t expected until later this year, the Ecuadorian judge goes as...
Yesterday, I pull into a gas station across the street from a Chevron station and notice the price per gallon is 30 cents less than Chevron. I noticed both stations had big gas tankers, the one at Chevron, of course, had the logo of Chevron. The truck at my station had no...
created by fragreen | 11 wks ago 27 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Chevron’s Ecuador problem forces Andy Rooney to drop the H-bomb… something he really, really, hates to do. WATCH IT HERE We love Andy Rooney and he gets mad at a lot of things (like iphones or Ali G). But now...
opinion by njmagel | 11 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago 79 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
Another great article posted at the Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit Blog about the politicization of the Ecuador judicial system as it relates to the $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron.
A ruling in an historic $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador is expected later this year. In anticipation of Chevron appealing that ruling, NGOs financed by a large number of foundations and a Philadelphia-based law firm are staffing up for a prolonged...
created by Alex Thorne | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 820 views | 2 recommendations | 25 comments
" Where the rule of law is respected, cases like those against Dole Foods and Chevron don't stand a chance. BY VINCE VITKOWSKY From distant court rooms in Latin America to court houses here in the United States, a disturbing trend is emerging. A new iron triangle of trial...
On the surface, it has all the makings of a classic David vs. Goliath tale -- an ostensibly exploitative multinational oil company plundering the pristine rain forests of impoverished, indigenous inhabitants. The $27 billion lawsuit against the Chevron Corporation was...
created by Alex Thorne | 14 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago 75 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"EDITORIAL: Cut off Ecuador" Hinton Communications and the Amazon Defense Coalition should take note and think about how they are conducting their disinformation campaign in the United States. This is a great article about issues in Ecuador that should concern human...
opinion by Alex Thorne | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 63 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
In my article I write about Hinton Communications previously slamming 60 Minutes for a report that unfairly characterized one of its clients. Hinton Communications, now the pr firm for the Amazon Defense Coalition (ADC), uses the same news organization to aggressivly...
created by Alex Thorne | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 40 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
In a well-crafted statement, a Hinton Communications press release reads as follows:“The 60 Minutes segment was flat wrong in many respects. In typical fashion, 60 Minutes glossed over or failed to report facts that complicated its simplistic format — facts that would...
created by Alex Thorne | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 199 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
"Fatal Tower Block Fire Blamed On TV Fault " "A fire which killed six people in a tower block was started by an electrical fault in an old television, police have confirmed." " The portable TV set, which...
Kasab has accepted his crime. will it be short sighted to hang him???The real culprits are in Pakistan. Therefore Kasab should get life imprisonment. He will be more useful to India in the long run.is a 4 and half...
Chevron and other “big oil” companies have been routinely criticized by politicians, commentators, and the media as greedy and heartless for making obscenely large profits. Apparently Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff now has a problem with Chevron contributing millions of...
created by Alex Thorne | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 192 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Hinton Communications distributed the following press release not to try to influence the media or Congress, but to mislead members of the public who are following the activities of the Amazon Defense Coalition. Please click here to read the full press...
created by Alex Thorne | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 122 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
This one is just too good to be true, but it is. The title of the article reads as follows:
Amazon Defense Coalition: Chevron produces Phony Online News Coverage to Spread Misinformation about Ecuador Disaster
Guess what? It is a phony...
created by Alex Thorne | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 142 views | 3 recommendations | 0 comments