Disaster in the Amazon

“As horrible as the gulf spill has been, what happened in the Amazon was worse,” said Jonathan Abady, a New York lawyer who is part of the legal team that is suing Chevron on behalf of the rainforest inhabitants. It has been a long and ugly legal Full Story »

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Fred Gatlin
3.9
by Fred Gatlin - Jun. 6, 2010

This story is from another place and time, but it mirrors the BP problems in the Gulf. An oil company goes to a sensitive area makes no effort to protect the area and when the oil is gone walks away.

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