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Monday, February 14, 2011

[chottala.com] Amazon pollution: Chevron fined



Chevron fined $8.6 billion in Ecuador (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2008, file photo, oil floats in the water near a home in Lago Agrio, Ecuador. An Ecuadorean judge ruled Monday Feb. 14, 2011 that Chevron Corp. was responsible for the oil contamination and the plaintiffs' attorney says the company was fined $8 billion. Chevron confirmed the ruling but not the amount of the fine. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)AP - An Ecuadorean judge ruled Monday in an epic environmental case that Chevron Corp. was responsible for oil drilling contamination in a wide swath of Ecuador's northern jungle and ordered the oil giant to pay $8.6 billion in damages and cleanup costs.



Amazon pollution: Chevron fined

A court in Ecuador fines US oil giant Chevron a reported $8bn (£5bn) for polluting much of the country's Amazon region.


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