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Chevron ordered on appeal to pay Ecuador $9.51 billion for environmental damage
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/13/chevron-ordered-on-appeal-to-pay-ecuador-9-51-billion-for-environmental-damage/An Ecuadoran court upheld a ruling that US oil giant Chevron was liable for environmental damage in its Amazon basin region by sister company Texaco, but ordered it to pay a reduced $9.51 billion.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a 2012 ruling against Texaco, which operated in the South American nation from 1964-1990, but dramatically reduced the amount to be paid in damages to $9.51 billion from $19 billion, the ruling said.
Just last month, Chevron was in court in New York trying not to pay the damages.
Chevron wants a New York district judge to prevent lawyer Steven Donziger, Ecuadoran villagers and environmental activists from using the US courts to force Chevron to pay its fine.
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... and now want a local judge ("The Price Is Right!"
to keep helping them to slime
their way free for even longer ...
Scum.