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Ecuadorean Court Finds Chevron Guilty of Polluting Amazon Rainforest

Interview with Andrew Miller, advocacy coordinator with Amazon Watch

On Feb. 14, a judge in the Ecuadorean town of Lago Agrio ruled that U.S.-based oil giant Chevron was responsible for polluting an area of the Amazon rainforest the size of Rhode Island and must pay $8.6 billion in damages, including ten percent of the total to an organization formed to represent the plaintiffs comprised of indigenous farmers and other residents of the area.

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