ecuador

Ecuadorians 40+ Year Fight Against Chevron Continues Into 2014

Ecuadorians 40+ Year Fight Against Chevron Continues Into 2014

By Adam Chimienti “This is the Court of Chancery … which gives to monied might the means abundantly of wearying out the right, which so exhausts finances, patience, courage, hope, so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart …” — Charles Dickens, Bleak House The court proceedings in the case of the 21st century, between […]

Join our newsletter

The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter!

    Ecuadorians 40+ Year Fight Against Chevron Continues Into 2014

    Ecuadorians 40+ Year Fight Against Chevron Continues Into 2014

    By Adam Chimienti “This is the Court of Chancery … which gives to monied might the means abundantly of wearying out the right, which so exhausts finances, patience, courage, hope, so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart …” — Charles Dickens, Bleak House The court proceedings in the case of the 21st century, between […]

    Why Ecuador Abandoned Plans to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground and Save the Amazon

    Why Ecuador Abandoned Plans to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground and Save the Amazon

    Adam Chimienti On Aug. 15, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced his government’s abandonment of the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, the innovative attempt to reverse the economic arrangement of oil extraction in the Amazon by keeping the oil in the soil in exchange for international assistance. His words that evening were disheartening to many. They encroached on the […]