Numerous companies from industrialized countries operate in the poor countries. If they have to pay equal money for equal labor and follow environmental laws as if they are in their own countries, they won't go to poor nations. Are you going to feed poor people? Can you? Should blue color workers sue white color workers or bosses because they earn more money in clean offices? Get real! If you want to sue Chevron, sue PatroEcuador and Chinese companies too. How about suing Germany and Japan, USSR, China for war damage?
msalabama does not eat, drive, or sleep. Because it will pollute the earth. msalabama is happy to commit suicide. Don't kill yourself, though, msalabama. Your body will contaminate the environment. Chinese will get rich through dirty Chinese factories, and in the future, will sue American companies because they will believe Americans polluted China by making products and processing wastes. Where the money went when PetroEcuador was running?
Pelley ask who is operator and builder. Then Bin Laden is innocent. He did not kill people by his own hand. Others killed Americans. Welcome Bin Laden! Americas' wealthy, smart, and conscientious liberals like Fat Ugly Documentary Guy and B Streisand must pay, and they must be very happy. Don't blame companies and U.S. government as if only they are guily and liberals are innocent. Liberals don't want to pay and only their lip services put America in bad reputation and thereby future terrorist attack. Liberals are very busy to make America a legitimate target.
This report is so depressing. The scumbag management of Texaco and Exxon no doubt share tips on how to treat the planet like a cesspool. Too bad they are not forced to live in and by their 'droppings" like the people and animals and plants in Ecuador and Alaska. Only a moron would not be able to see the damage left by Texaco. I hope the judge fines the company 25 billion for cleanup and 25 billion punitive damages. And I am adding Texaco [Chevron] to my list of disgusting planet polluting companies which I boycott.
When a contract killer killed a man, and only the killer is guilty, only Chevron is responsible. Mr Pelley seems to believe only the killer is guily since he repeatedly ask "who operated oil well?" // Greedy or not, many Americans are eager to make America look very bad. How about suing every nation ever produced cars because they polluted air.
Paul, it doesn't really sound like you are going to listen to anyone who doesn't share your particular beliefs so I won't waste much time on it. Let's say though that Texaco pays....is that going to stop what is going on today? Do you honestly believe that that glass of water you have is because of Texaco's operations? By you way of thinking, if you sell a car to someone and that person drives recklessly and kills someone (and continues to do so), you should be held responsible. If your real concern was about those people, you would be trying to tackle the real problem. My guess is that you are one of those who stand to benefit financially or you would be more concerned about what is going on now than you would about finding deep pockets. And so the problem continues. Why isn't PetroEcuador on trial? Because you won't get the same result in Ecuador if you sue the government as well.
By the way, you didn't scoop your glass of water out of that stream shown with the oil from the Chinese pipeline spill , did you? And does PetroEcuador ever spill oil or is it simply more convenient to blame it on everyone else?
Nthedoghouse, so it took you how many minutes to make your own false assumption? These people have been working on the case for years. When your child dies of cancer, you work hard to find out just WHO is responsible. Texaco was the SOLE OPERATOR no matter that percentage of the consortium. they BUILT the PITS and the system designed to pollute. They ARE FULLY responsible. If they had done the same thing in Texas they would have been declared guilty YEARS ago. Chevron tries to hide behind the consortium percentage, but it doesn't change their responsibility. And yes, I have been there and seen it for myself.
It would be great to look at the facts to determine who is actually at fault and to what extent, based on scientific evidence, any party is to blame. When someone writes "...Texaco/Chevron's mess..." there is little doubt that many folks have already made up there minds with very little information about the case.
The reality is this: Texaco operated these fields 20 years ago as a 40% partner while PetroEcuador owned 60%. Since then, the government has owned and operated at 100%. So why is all of this anger directed at Chevron with so little mention of the real culprits? If you find contaminated water today, odds are it was contaminated by PetroEcuador and the situation will never get better until that fact is broadly recognized. Lots of lawyers will walk away rich while PetroEcuador continues business as usual and none of these folks will benefit.
I wish 60 Minutes had given some time to the impacts that Texaco/Chevron's mess had on human health. Children bathing in the river emerging with fevers and rashes- children born with birth defects -people dropping like flies from the cancers. Who are you people who are posting comments in defense of a company with obscene profits in the tens of Billions of dollars, a company that then as now has no respect for living creatures? Are you not breathing air and drinking water? Do you feel so entirely removed from the people suffering in the Amazon that you can be so callous and unfeeling? Are you all on Chevron's payroll?
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Only a moron would not be able to see the damage left by Texaco. I hope the judge fines the company 25 billion for cleanup and 25 billion punitive damages. And I am adding Texaco [Chevron] to my list of disgusting planet polluting companies which I boycott.
By the way, you didn't scoop your glass of water out of that stream shown with the oil from the Chinese pipeline spill , did you? And does PetroEcuador ever spill oil or is it simply more convenient to blame it on everyone else?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/world/asia/04azerbaijan.html
I wonder if there's anyone Steve Donziger can represent?
The reality is this: Texaco operated these fields 20 years ago as a 40% partner while PetroEcuador owned 60%. Since then, the government has owned and operated at 100%. So why is all of this anger directed at Chevron with so little mention of the real culprits? If you find contaminated water today, odds are it was contaminated by PetroEcuador and the situation will never get better until that fact is broadly recognized. Lots of lawyers will walk away rich while PetroEcuador continues business as usual and none of these folks will benefit.
Who are you people who are posting comments in defense of a company with obscene profits in the tens of Billions of dollars, a company that then as now has no respect for living creatures? Are you not breathing air and drinking water? Do you feel so entirely removed from the people suffering in the Amazon that you can be so callous and unfeeling? Are you all on Chevron's payroll?