A former oil operations assistant for Texaco (now Chevron) in Ecuador explains how oil workers were told to dump toxic waste directly into the rainforest environment. Chevron’s dumping of 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater created an ongoing environmental catastrophe for tens of thousands of local residents, who continue to suffer an epidemic of cancer and other oil-related illnesses to this day.
The English translation of the historic $8.6 billion decision against Chevron in a few days. Meanwhile, you can review the plaintiffs’ final arguments on the evidencehere or download the attached summary.