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by RetiredVeteran May 3, 2009 7:36 PM EDT: After seeing how Chevron tortured the environment in the Amazon I suppose it's not surprising that they hired Jim Haynes, the legal architect of Guantanamo Bay and the infamous Don Rumsfeld torture memo, as a senior corporate attorneys. The attorneys who opposed torture were punished, while those like Jim Haynes and Judge Jay Bybee were rewarded with prestigious jobs and continue to practice law. Jim Haynes and Chevron - a match made in hell.; Reply to this comment


by Rainforest_Partnership May 3, 2009 7:35 PM EDT: Thank you to Scott Pelley and the 60 Minutes producers for reporting on this story. When I visited the Ecuadorean Amazon last year as a board member of the Austin-based non-profit Rainforest Partnership, I met with a woman who was the caretaker of a community fish farm. The entire stock of fish was lost the previous year when heavy rains resulted in the rise of the oil-contaminated river, overflowing into the fish farm.

Texaco is one of a number of responsible parties in the region. Driving along the highway from Coca, the oil pipelines twist, turn and bend in an improbable, and likely dangerous, manner.

The forest provides local communities with their livelihoods. Careless and irresponsible actions and years of neglect from the oil companies have affected the health of these communities and inhibited economic independence.; Reply to this comment


by wildernessgone May 3, 2009 7:31 PM EDT: I cannot believe the arrogance of the Chevron spokesperson. I understand their position, however do they not feel any responsibility beyond their strict legal and international legal restrictions? They almost made me literally sick. I am a senior executive in a company that must comply with US regulatory laws for good reason. Why do they think if they are in a different part of the world, you can use the laws to circumvent what any right thinking individual would deem responsible. Maybe we all need to boycott companies like Chevron until they understand that we, as Americans, do care how we get our oil and it is not acceptable to damage other countries environments and their peoples and then claim 'legal or contractual' defenses! By the way, has anyone checked Chevron's assets and dividends the last few years? I have, and they could easily fix the mess they made there (and elsewhere around the world-maybe we should ask 60 Minutes about your operations in Africa and other South American countries?)

BOYCOTT CHEVRON!!!!!!!!!!; Reply to this comment


by rculver60 May 3, 2009 7:31 PM EDT: And no "master list" what crock!!!!!!!!!!!!!; Reply to this comment


by rculver60 May 3, 2009 7:29 PM EDT: Every time I hear about an oil company I get so enraged! Such greed and it just goes on and on. Havent they made enough money yet? When is it going to stop????? They need to clean it up all of it and put those pools of oil in their backyards and see how they like it.; Reply to this comment


by rlhoman May 3, 2009 7:27 PM EDT: A typical scum sucking lawyer out to enrich himself on others misfortunes. What are the odds he would be there if he didn't see a chance to enrich himself at Chevron's expense? What will the bottom feeders do when they have driven all corporations to foreign countries who don't allow themselves to be blackmailed by American lawyers?; Reply to this comment


by ptveeee May 3, 2009 7:22 PM EDT: Thank you for showing this story. It is so disgusting how these oil companies are trying to dodge responsibility for destroying the earth all in the name of profits. Texaco and the Ecuador company should be forced to clean every one of those sites.; Reply to this comment