Karen Hinton
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- Name: Karen Hinton
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Karen Hinton is a spokesperson for the Amazon Defense Coalition, a group of Ecuadorians who have sued Chevron for oil contamination in the Amazon rainforest. The mission of the coalition is to protect the environment and secure social justice through grassroots organizing, political advocacy, and litigation.
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Don't let the Ecuador hit you on the way out
Chevron's history of denial, delay, and defamation in the Ecuadorian Amazon 5
Posted 11 months agoIt has been 15 years since a group of Ecuadorian indigenous people filed a lawsuit against Texaco for oil contamination, resulting from 26 years of substandard oil extraction efforts. In those years, Texaco -- acquired by Chevron in 2001 -- consistently has denied responsibility, delayed justice, and defamed the Ecuadorian people who need help the most. In other words, the oil giant has acted like most people expect Big Oil companies to act -- like bullies -- instead of the good corporate citizens that Chevron's advertising campaigns like to portray.
Meanwhile, the Ecuadorians living in Texaco's former dumping ground suffer… Read More