Canada Supreme Court rejects Ecuador damages appeal against Chevron | The Malaysian Insight

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Canada Supreme Court rejects Ecuador damages appeal against Chevron

Indigenous villagers from central Ecuador have lost an attempt to sue the Canadian subsidiary of US energy giant Chevron over oil pollution in the Amazon jungle. – EPA pic, April 5, 2019.

CANADA’s Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear an appeal from a group of Ecuadoran villagers seeking compensation from the Canadian subsidiary of US energy giant Chevron over oil pollution in the Amazon jungle. The indigenous villagers from central Ecuador want the company to pay for pollution of native lands between 1964 and 1992 by Texaco, a US oil subsidiary the firm bought in 2001.

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