San Francisco Chronicle – Chevron accuses Ecuador foes of false reports

Chevron Corp. on Monday accused lawyers suing the company in Ecuador of submitting falsified oil-field contamination reports to the court, the latest serious allegation in the long-running $27 billion lawsuit.

The reports in question showed dangerous levels of contamination at two former drilling sites in the Ecuadoran rain forest and bore the signature of an American biologist working on behalf of the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

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