Chevron is guilty

[tabatha]

A court of appeals in Ecuador has upheld the $18 billion ruling of a lower court, confirming what 30,000 Ecuadoreans suffering from Chevron’s oil pollution in the Amazon and activists the world over have known for decades: Chevron is guilty.

There is no question of Chevron’s responsibility for dumping some 18 billion gallons of toxic oil waste in the Ecuadorean Amazon. The only question, at this point, is what ludicrous talking point Chevron will roll out this time to explain away its refusal to pay to clean up its mess.

Chevron spokespeople have claimed that oil is no more toxic than women’s makeup and that just because their company bought Texaco in 2001 doesn’t mean Chevron has to clean up its mess. They have vowed to fight against paying to clean up until hell freezes over, and then to “fight it out on the ice.” It’s clear the company could use a little help in crafting its excuses. Why don’t you help Chevron out by coming up with the next absurd talking point to justify putting profits before people?

The real reason Chevron won’t take responsibility for its mess in Ecuador is, of course, unbridled greed. And a complete disregard for human life. More than 1,400 Ecuadoreans have died from Chevron’s oil pollution in the Amazon, but it’s all about money for the Big Oil behemoth.

http://www.ran.org/chevron-guilty

http://www.chevronthinkswerestupid.org/create-meme

[Nihil]

1. "More than 1,400 Ecuadoreans have died from Chevron’s oil pollution in the Amazon ..."

"... but it’s all about money for the Big Oil behemoth."

> Chevron spokespeople have claimed that oil is no more toxic than women’s makeup

> dumping some 18 billion gallons of toxic oil waste in the Ecuadorean Amazon.

Puts the Deepwater Horizon f*-up into perspective doesn't it?

[Dead_Parrot]

2. Deepwater was when everybody was looking...

This is when we weren't.

[Nihil]

3. Deepwater was also on the doorstep of litigationland ...

This was "somewhere foreign".