Koenig, Kevin,

Chevron-Texaco on Trial. Kevin Koenig. - World Watch, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 43, Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Chevron-Texaco on Trial, Jan./Feb. 2004; pp. 10-19.

This article provides an overview of the ChevronTexaco trial, noting that "the world's second largest energy company," (WORLDWATCH) faced "charges brought on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadorian indigenous people and campesinos--people forced to live alongside the toxic legacy left by the energy giant's oil operations in the rainforests of the Oriente, as the Ecuadorian Amazon is known."

1522-3205;


ChevronTexaco Corporation


Actions and defenses
Environmental degradation--South America
Hazardous waste sites
Indigenous peoples--Ecuador
Oil pollution of water
Oil spills
Petroleum industry and trade--Ecuador
Trials

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