Climate Change Trial Starts on Rough Footing for Environmentalists
A civil suit playing out between five American oil companies and the municipalities of Oakland and San Francisco started off poorly for climate change activists.
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Documents Reveal Ecuadorian Government Organized Protests on U.S. Soil
The government of Ecuador organized protests that took place outside the building where a legal dispute between the South American nation and oil giant Chevron was being hashed out, documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon reveal.
ICC Won’t Prosecute Chevron
The International Criminal Court this week rebuffed efforts to charge oil giant Chevron with violations of international law, dealing another setback to environmentalists engaged in a decades-long legal and political battle against the company.
Ecuador’s PR Firm Sues Sharon Stone
A public relations firm representing the government of Ecuador sued Sharon Stone in federal court on Tuesday alleging that the actress absconded with a large speaking fee for work promoting that government’s long-running legal and political battle against oil giant Chevron.
Ecuador Moves to Block Disclosure of U.S. Propaganda Activities
The government of Ecuador is attempting to prevent the release of information related to its contract with a New York-based public relations firm that may have violated federal law and is under investigation in the South American nation.
O’Reilly Discusses WFB’s Reporting On Ecuador PR Firm Paying Liberal US Celebrities
The Dark Side of Green Justice
Forget “all this bullshit about law and facts,” remarked Steven Donziger in 2007. “In the end of the day, it is about brute force.”
Donziger was a plaintiffs’ attorney attempting to extract billions of dollars from oil giant Chevron—by whatever means necessary. His observation on the role the “law and facts” played in his work nicely captured the character of the years-long campaign of fraud, bribery, and extortion he conducted on behalf of his clients.
Mia Farrow Admits Ecuadorian Government Paid for Anti-Chevron Advocacy
Actress Mia Farrow on Wednesday confirmed that she was paid by agents of the Ecuadorian government to travel to the country and speak in support of the country’s legal and political battle against oil company Chevron.
PR Firm’s Undisclosed Work for Ecuadorian Government Raises Legal Questions
A New York City-based public relations firm touted the government of Ecuador as a client last month despite not registering as a foreign agent with the Department of Justice, raising legal questions about its relationship.
The firm, MCSquared, promoted protests at a May shareholders meeting of oil giant Chevron, which has squared off with the administration of President Rafael Correa over a long-running environmental lawsuit in Ecuador.
D.C. Lobbying Firm to Pay Chevron $15M
Prominent Washington, D.C., lobbying firm Patton Boggs has agreed to pay Chevron $15 million in a settlement announced on Wednesday, the latest blow to efforts to enforce a multibillion dollar judgment against the oil company that critics have decried as fraudulent.
