February 15, 2011 2:06 PM
America oil giant Chevron fined $ 8.6 billion in Ecuador
A court in Ecuador has fined the America oil giant Chevron 8.6 billion dollars for polluting a large part of the country's Amazon region. The Texaco oil company which merged with Chevron in 2001 was accused of dumping billions of gallons of toxic materials into unlined pits and Amazon rivers. C...