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Ecuadorian Laws Chevron has Violated

Four Classes of Law that Chevron has Violated in Ecuador

1)  Seven Laws Over the Course of Chevron's Operations in Ecuador:

  • Yacimientos Law (1921)     

The right to use water for exploration and in the quantity required, without taking away its purity and quality as drinking water.

Contracted parties are obligated to: e) employ modern and efficient machinery; s) adopt measures necessary for the protection of flora, fauna and all other natural resources; t) over contaminating water, the atmosphere and soil.

  • Water Law (1972)

Declares all water to be a national posession for public use (art. 3); Prohibits all contamination of waters that affect human health or the devlopment of flora and fauna

  • Hydrocarbons Law (1974)

Artículo 30. Contracted parties are obligated to: e) employ modern and efficient machinery; s) adopt measures necessary for the protection of flora, fauna and all other natural resources; t) over contaminating water, the atmosphere and soil.  

  • Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution (1976)

Prohibits dumping in ... gullies, channels, rivers, natural and artificial lakes …

  • Hydrocarbons Law (1978)

Contracted parties are obligated to: e) employ modern and efficient machinery; s) adopt measures necessary for the protection of flora, fauna and all other natural resources; t) over contaminating water, the atmosphere and soil.

  • Hydrocarbons Law Reform (1982)

Bring oil exploration operations to agree to the laws and rules protecting the environment.

2)  A number of laws AFTER Texaco left the country (as it's contamination still exists).

  • Tulas Norms (2002)
  • Decree 1215 (2001)
  • Decree 2982 (1995)
  • Decree 2144 (1989)

3)  International norms of reference

4)  Operation contract with State of Ecuador

VANITY FAIR
Jungle Law: Politics & Power

"One of the problems with modern society is that it places more importance on things that have a price than on things that have a value. Breathing clean air, for instance, or having clean water in the rivers, or having legal rights—these are things that don't have a price but have a huge value. Oil does have a price, but its value is much less. And sometimes we make the mistake."

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NEW YORK TIMES
   Rainforest Jekyll & Hyde

"The systematic way that they disposed of toxic waste in Ecuador was to dump it into open-air pits that they dug out of the jungle soil, or directly into rivers, streams and swamps in one of the most delicate ecosystems on the planet"

Myths QA 20SEP06.pdf (55.70 KB)
 
Does Chevron respect the law and human rights in Ecuador? You decide.  On its website Chevron pledges to “conduct business in a socially responsible and ethical manner” and “to respect the communities” where it operates.  But Chevron’s defense in the historic environmental trial in Ecuador’s rainforest (“Lago trial”) – where damages could be in the billions of dollars – can hardly be considered “ethical” or respectful of human rights.

Purveyors of Chevron's Fraud

Rodrigo PEREZ PALLARES

"Children all over the world get cancer"

Rodrigo PEREZ PALLARES

CHEVRON ATTORNEY WHO SIGNED FRAUDULENT CLEAN-UP AGREEMENT ON THE OIL GIANT´S BEHALF THEREBY SELLING OUT THE HEALTH OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. SAYS THAT: "CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD GET CANCER."