Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit Influenced by Politics and Corruption

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...

Chevron Suffers From Further Politicization in Ecuador Judiciary

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.

Jackpot Justice Goes Global

" 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...

Cut off Ecuador

"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...

What Will Be The Outcome of Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador?

Life in the Oriente Region of Ecuador is full of danger, mystery and intrigue.  Located along the border with Colombia in the northeast part of the country, the region is home to ancient people groups who depend largely upon the resources of the Amazon River basin for...

Boil them in Big Oil? Let's start with you!

The Guardian UK is reporting that James Hansen, self-professed leading climate scientists is going to speak before congress. In this speech he will “call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and...

Dion's Corporate Welfare For Big Oil

"The Tories hate all things Liberal. Well almost. They cut various social programs they identified as Liberal much to the detriment of Canadians. One Liberal program they didn't cut was corporate welfare for Big Oil. But today John Baird identified that subsidy program...

Alberta Tar Sands & US Energy Security

"CBC Canada News Now is reporting that they have obtained the minutes of a secret bilateral meeting of Big Oil and both the U.S. and Canadian governments a week prior to George Bush's State of the Union Speech last year when he declared that the U.S. was addicted to...

Harpers Most Dangerous Cabinet Minister

"The most important change in the Harper Cabinet shuffle, which was overlooked by the MSM , is the decision to put Monte Solberg in charge of HRDC. This is a logical step and a dangerous one for workers and the trade union movement in Canada."

Wisdom of the East

"So, it is not correct to say that oil prices go up because of shortage or war. The fact is that there is more production of oil today than was the case some 10 years ago. The production is going up, the consumption is going up, but refinery capacities are not increasing in a...