Video show oil giant Chevron allegedly covering up Amazon contamination

Video show oil giant Chevron allegedly covering up Amazon contamination
Robert S. Eshelman, Vice
Apr. 9, 2015, 4:14 PM


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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa raises an oil-coated hand to show media, near petroleum debris, said to be caused by Chevron-Texaco, September 17, 2013.
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Another twist has emerged in a decades-long legal battle pitting residents of Ecuador's Amazon forest and their controversial trial attorney against one of the world's largest energy companies.

Environmental advocates released a video on Wednesday that they describe as evidence of attempts by Chevron to skirt Ecuadoran law and cover up contamination of the Amazon.

The footage, shared exclusively with VICE News by the environmental group Amazon Watch and released to the public, appears to show workers associated with Chevron looking for clean, uncontaminated soil but instead finding samples tainted with crude oil.

The work appears to take place in an area of the jungle that has been the focus of a lawsuit between Chevron and local residents, who claim that the company is responsible for oil spills that have damaged their health and the environment.

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Added to ongoing thread in Environment & Energy:

Just Released Video of Chevron Trying to Falsify Evidence in Amazon Oil Spill.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/112783613