Bob McCarty Writes

Though a hearing to determine the enforceability of a $96 million ruling in favor of Chevron will take place in New York City in November, I fully expect that my days of reporting on this story of bribery, corruption and kangaroo courting will come to an end soon.  That in mind, it seems appropriate to [...]

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After publishing more than three-dozen posts since April 22, 2009, about the $113 billion environmental lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador, I can finally report good news for truth, justice and the American way:  An international arbitration tribunal has awarded Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company $96 million in a claim against Ecuador related to past [...]

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Thanks in part to the more than three-dozen posts I’ve published since April 22, 2009, loyal readers of this blog are familiar with the details of the $113 billion environmental lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador.  For those who want to cut to the chase, so to speak, I share a five-minute video that that offers [...]

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Scott Pelley will take over the “CBS Evening News” anchor chair from Katie Couric, effective June 6, according to a story published on the network’s web site, but that’s no cause for excitement. Contrary to glowing comments made about the veteran reporter by CBS executives, the truth about Pelley’s biased reporting is quite disturbing. One [...]

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Today, I can offer evidence that I scooped The New York Times by almost 100 days when I published my Jan. 21 post, Company That Earned Millions from Gulf Cleanup Tangled in Suit That Could Cost Chevron $113B. I opened my post by asking a question, “What do the BP Deepwater Horizon “disaster” of 2010, [...]

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A judge in the Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbios in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, must have taken offense to my Feb. 11 post, Plaintiffs Behind $113 Billion ‘Shakedown’ Lawsuit Against Chevron on Verge of Being Labeled ‘Losers’.  Today, he announced a judgment against Chevron Corporation in an environmental lawsuit case for which the settlement amount [...]

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Clench your right hand into a fist, then stick out your thumb and index finger.  Now, move your hand so that your thumb is slightly above and running parallel to your eyebrows in the center of your forehead. You’ve successfully displayed the international symbol that will soon describe the plaintiffs in the $113 billion “shakedown” [...]

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