Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation

Abstract

Long ago and far away, Texaco, an American energy corporation, is alleged to have despoiled the natural environment of the Ecuadorean rainforest while searching for and extracting oil. While the parties disagree strongly over the precise scope of the damage caused by Texaco, there is widespread agreement that significant environmental degradation took place, at least in part because Texaco failed to follow established industry procedures designed to limit environmental harm. Texaco apparently made money during the project’s twenty-eight-year run from 1964-92, but the lives of thousands of indigenous peoples whose culture—indeed whose very existence—was deeply intertwined with the environment of the rainforest were radically disrupted, perhaps permanently impaired, as the result of Texaco’s failure to take steps to limit environmental damage.

First Page

509

Volume

1

Publication Date

2013

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