Chevron Ecuador: Attorney Steven Donziger, Once the Toast Of Hollywood, Is Now Simply Toast – Oakland News Now

Attorney Steven Donziger was the toast of Hollywood, environmentalists, and activists for bringing a case against Texaco (now Chevron) for what he termed an “Amazon Chernobyl” of pollution caused by the oil company in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon. He won a $19 billion verdict against Texaco in Ecuador (meanwhile PetroEcuador, the true cause of the environmental damage and subsequent oil spills, has managed to emerge without a single fine, lawsuit, or protest against it). Read more>>