No let-up in battle over Ecuador’s oilfield pollution

October 2008

Ecuador

No let-up in battle over Ecuador’s oilfield pollution

Long-running litigation here pitting rainforest Indians against Chevron might run a whole lot longer—at least three more years if the eventual ruling is appealed, say ......

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Centerpiece

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Q&A

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No let-up in battle over Ecuador’s oilfield pollution

Ecuador

Long-running litigation here pitting rainforest Indians against Chevron might run a whole lot longer—at least three more years if the eventual ruling is appealed, say attorneys from the two sides involved in the case. That’s not entirely surprising. With potential liability recently estimated at US$16 billion and with copious technical evidence filed, the courtroom fight over oil-industry impacts on the Ecuadorian Amazon from 1972 to 1992 has reached a scale and intensity never before experienced by this country’s justice system. In the latest clash, attorneys from both sides last month filed their respective critiques of a court-appointed investigator’s report that pegged health and environmental costs of the contamination at US$8.02 billion. (See “Damage estimate filed in Amazon oil-pollution... [Log in to read more]

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October 2008

Ecuador

No let-up in battle over Ecuador’s oilfield pollution

Long-running litigation here pitting rainforest Indians against Chevron might run a whole lot longer—at least three more years if the eventual ruling is appealed, say ......

Venezuela

After trip to Russia, Chávez charts nuclear course

Following a two-day visit to Russia to sign energy agreements, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said last month his country is ready to develop nuclear power—a ......

Argentina (Free Read)

Rice plantation plan goes against the grain

A private consortium’s plans to build a dam in Argentina’s Corrientes Province and flood 20,000 acres (8,000 has) as part of a huge commercial rice-farming ......

Brazil

Big ‘if’ facing Brazil’s plan for third reactor

Ever since Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council in June 2007 endorsed plans for Angra 3, the country’s third nuclear plant, the project has seemed a ......

Peru

Peru’s new ministry unveils air standards

In one of its first major initiatives, Peru’s newly created Environment Ministry has launched an effort to improve air quality in the country’s major cities ......

Around the Region

Decrees affecting indigenous lands are overturned in Peru

Following protests by indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon, Congress has handed President Alan García a rare defeat, overturning two executive decree laws in a ......

Centerpiece

Long-ignored coastal region ignored no longer

Tucked in its crescent-shaped bay on Nicaragua’s southern Pacific coast, this town just ten years ago seemed destined to continue as a sleepy fishing village. ......

Q&A

Chile taps many energy sources, conservation included

As Chile’s energy minister since March 2007, Marcelo Tokman stands at the center of the debate about his country’s energy future. Looming large in that ......