Ecuadorian Court Case Against Chevron Over Environmental Harm Enters New Stage

摘要

The first stage in a long-running trial against U.S. oil company Chevron in an Ecua-dorian court is winding down, with lawyers for botn sides preparing to submit their final written arguments, but the legal fight is far from over.rnThe case stretches back to 1993, when Ecuadorian indigenous peoples and peasant farmers from the northern jungle sued Texaco in a U.S. court for contaminating the environment and creating health risks. Texaco operated in Ecuador between 1964 and 1990. It is accused of dumping billions of gallons of oil waste into the Amazon river. Chevron took on the liability in the case when it merged with Texaco in 2001.