PolluterWatch Blog
P.I. firm hired by Chevron offers journalist spy position in Ecuador lawsuit
-Democracy Now!, August 16, 2010
Chevron had serious Gulf blowout in 2008
"A 2008 Chevron blowout appears in hindsight to have been a rehearsal for Deepwater Horizon and its design problems. Like BP, Chevron was in the final stages of drilling a well aboard Transocean rig Discoverer Deep Seas. Because of the blowout, drillers lost 500,000 gallons of drilling mud into the earth below the wellhead, and spilled 293 gallons onto the ocean floor."
Full article: "Deadly Gulf blowouts persist"
-Houston Chronicle, July 20, 2010
Waxman doubts Chevron would be any more competent than BP in deepwater spill response
Post-Deepwater Horizon Op-Ed on Chevron’s crimes in Ecuador
Chevron paying multiple PR firms to discredit indigenous groups in Ecuador
-Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources, February 10, 2010
Chevron underreports value of natural gas to pay less in royalties for 10 years, settled in court for $45.5 million
Chevron hires convicted drug-trafficker in attempt to entrap Ecuadorian judge
"Chevron's Man in Ecuador: Felon, Drug-Trafficker, and Liar, Oh My!"
-Huffington Post, October 31, 2009
Former Chevron CEO denies human rights crimes worldwide
Chevron launches multi-million dollar greenwashing campaign
"Recasting Big Oil's Battered Image: Ads by Chevron and Others Aim to Send Positve Messages"
-Washington Post, Sept 28, 2007




