Resources

ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS

• The affected people in Ecuador, and the legal oil pollution case against Chevron (en Espagnol)
  Maria Cecilia Herrera - A Primera Hora radio - Majestad Fm - February 2020.

• Summary of Overwhelming Evidence Against Chevron in Ecuador Trial
  Amazon Defense Coalition - Research document - January 2012.

• Video: The True Story of Chevron's Ecuador Disaster
  Amazon Watch - AmazonWatch.org - February 2012.

• Summary of Independent Health Evaluations of Ecuador’s Rainforest Where Chevron Operated from 1964 to 1990
  Lago Agrio legal team - Research document cited by the court - 2001.

• Environmental and health effects of a Rainforest Chernobyl
  Amazon Watch - ChevronToxico.com

• The case against Chevron
  Unión de Afectados y Afectadas por las Operaciones Petroleras de Texaco - texacotoxico.net

• Frente de Defensa de la Amazonía
  “Amazon Defense Coalition” representing the 30,000 victims of Chevron's oil pollution. www.MakeChevronCleanUp.com.

LEGAL JUDGEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS

• Chevron vs Ecuador: International Arbitration and Corporate Impunity
  Aldo Orellana López - OpenDemocracy.net - March 2019.

• Chevron’s SLAPP suit against Ecuadorians: corporate intimidation
  Rex Weyler - Greenpeace.org - May 2018.

• Chevron's Amazon Chernobyl Case moves to Canada
  Rex Weyler - Greenpeace.org - September 2017.

• Chevron CEO Suffers Major Rebuke Over $12 Billion Ecuador Liability At Annual Shareholder Meeting
  Amazon Defense Coalition - ChevronInEcuador.org - June 2017.

• Comprehensive legal brief appealing Kaplan RICO decision
  Deepak Gupta - United States Court of Appeals - July 2014.

• Ecuador Supreme Court unanimous judgement vs. Chevron
  Court document Case No. 174-2012 - November 2013.

  
  Gibson-Dunn law firm censures:

• Chevron Law Firm Gibson Dunn Blasted by High Court of England For Falsifying Evidence
  The Chevron Pit - TheChevronPit.blogspot.com - March 2015.

• Chevron's Ecuador Strategy Starts to Crumble After Stunning Setback In Investor Arbitration
  The Chevron Pit - TheChevronPit.blogspot.com - March 2015.

• Chevron Threatened Ecuador Judge With Prison Time If He Failed to Grant Motions, Court Papers Say
  Frente de Defensa de la Amazonia - ChevronInEcuador.org - February 2011.

• Montana Supreme Court imposes $9.9 million fine against Gibson-Dunn
  Montana Supreme Court document 05-378, MT 62 - March 2007.

  
  Alberto Guerra's false testimony:

• Courthouse News: Forensic Report Suggests Chevron Falsified Evidence In Ecuador
  The Chevron Pit - TheChevronPit.blogspot.com - March 2015.

• Chevron's Star Witness Admits to Lying in the Amazon Pollution Case
  Eva Hershaw - Vice News - October 2015.

• Ecuadorean Judge Backflips on Explosive Testimony for Chevron
  Adam Klasfeld - CourtHouseNews.com - October 2015.

• Forensic results on Ecuador judge's computer: Expert rebuttal Report of Christopher Racich
  Issuu Documents - December 2013. 

• Donziger, Ecuadorians File Motion to Strike Testimony of Chevron's Star Witness
  The Law Offices of Steven Donziger - ChevronInEcuador.org - October 2013.

  
  Judge Lewis Kaplan bias and legal errors:

• Mandamus Petition to recuse Judge Kaplan
  Patton Boggs law firm - ChevronInEcuador.org - March 2013.

• Mandamus Petition to recuse Judge Kaplan
  Patton Boggs law firm - ChevronInEcuador.org - June 2011.

PERSECUTION OF STEVEN DONZIGER

• Call on the DOJ and House Judiciary Chairman Nadler to seek the immediate release of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger!
  Frente de la Defensa de la Amazonia - makechevroncleanup.com - April 2020.

• How the Environmental Lawyer Who Won a Massive Judgement Against Chevron Lost Everything
  Sharon Lerner - The Intercept - January 2020.

• Steven Donziger: The man who stood up to an oil giant, and paid the price
  Rex Weyler - Greenpeace.org - February 2020.

• Persecuciòn A Donziger, Caso Chevron (comienza min. 16); The Persecution of Steven Donziger (starts at 16 mins)
  Maria Cecilia Herrera - Radio La Calle - February 2020.

• Frisch, Glavin, Maloney, and Armani request to eliminate Steven Donziger’s home detention
  Letter to Loretta A. Preska - November 2019.

• Collateral Estoppel - Charles Nesson
  The Harvard Law Record - December 2019.

• Steven Donziger: Eco-Justice Hero
  Rex Weyler - RexWeyler.ca - December 2016.

• Systematic Pursuit of NY Lawyer Steven Donziger Fails Basic Principles of Due Process
  Global Witness to Monitor - GlobalWitness.org - September 2018.

• Steven Donzinger’s Legal Defense Fund
  Persecuted human rights lawyer to Ecuador’s affected people. www.donzigerdefense.com
  
  
  

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

• 29 Nobel Laureates Demand Freedom for Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger

  Press release here and video press conference here. - April 2020.

• Amazon Watch:

  Chevron's Legal Thuggery Run Amok - Paul Paz Y Miño - Amazon Watch - October 2019.

• Amnesty International :
  Chevron Found Guilty in $8 Billion Ecuadorian Human Rights and Environmental Case - Chip Pitts - Amnesty International - February 2011.

• Signed letter "Chevron's Threat to Open Society" - 40 US environmental and civil rights organizations - January 2014.

Photos above courtesy of Enrique Aviles