2008 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Luis Yanza Battle the Oil Giants : TreeHugger

posted by Ian Wilker on May 20, 2008

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ecuador, amazon, heroes, oil, pollution, environmentaljustice

Texaco (later bought by Chevron) allegedly dumped nearly 17 million gallons of crude oil and 20 billion gallons of drilling wastewater directly into the Ecuadorian Amazon between 1964 and 1990. Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and Luis Yanza fought back.