$9.5 Billion Pollution Ruling Against Chevron Upheld In Ecuador Court

(G.N.S)  DT.11 QUITO, ECUADAOR: Ecuador’s highest court upheld in a ruling released Tuesday a $9.5 billion damages award against oil giant Chevron over decades of pollution that harmed indigenous people. But the decision by the Constitutional Court is largely symbolic because Chevron now owns no assets in Ecuador, meaning the