https://www.wonkette.com/donziger-trial
"Yesterday, the final day of his criminal trial, was Steven Donziger's 650th
day under house arrest.
Donziger's crime? Pissing off Big Oil.
Steven Donziger now describes himself as an advocate. He used to be an
environmental and human rights lawyer. For 28 years, he represented more than
30,000 indigenous Amazonians and rural farmers in Ecuador in their fight
against Chevron.
For decades, the oil giant had destroyed the local ecosystem, dumping billions
of gallons of toxic waste, leaving pits of oily waste water the size of
football fields.
In 2011, an Ecuadorian court awarded Donziger's clients $19.5 billion in
damages.
Rather than finally pay for some of the damage it had done, Chevron — which has
some $260 billion in assets — quickly sold all of its holdings in Ecuador and
got to work doing everything it could to get out of paying the people it
harmed.
And, in addition to fighting the judgment, Chevron had a new goal: Ruin Steven
Donziger's life."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
