Canadian Supreme Court Rules Against Chevron and in Favor of Ecuadorians!

The ruling is a victory for human rights and environmental justice
The law has finally caught up with Chevron. Today’s unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of Canada opens the door for Ecuadorian indigenous and farmer communities to enforce their $9.5 billion USD verdict against Chevron and is a major victory for human rights and corporate accountability.
Chevron’s deliberate dumping of 18 billion gallons of toxic waste water and 17 million gallons of crude into the Ecuadorian Amazon created a massive health crisis and remains one of the worst oil-related environmental crimes in history. After being found guilty of its drill and dump tactics in Ecuador, Chevron has been on the run, spending billions on retaliatory legal attacks seeking to delay justice rather than fulfilling its legal obligations to carry out a full-scale environmental clean-up and provide potable water and health care to the communities it poisoned.
This article from this morning’s Globe and Mail provides more background and details.http://amazonwatch.org/news/2015/0904-ecuadoreans-can-sue-chevron-in-canada-supreme-court-rules