Big Oil has Feelings Too

While not directly related to my work at the Berwick, I have to mention this article that came across my inbox. Pablo Fajardo who is heading the many billion-dollar case against Texaco (now swallowed whole by Chevron) for its wanton destruction of a corner of the Ecuadorian Amazon has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize. Cool but whatevs. Mr. Fajardo has been doing well at getting international accolades for his amazing work. What really caught my eye were the weak protests from Chevron:

 “But this year the award to Fajardo and Yanza has triggered a harsh response from Chevron Corp., which is being sued in Ecuadorian court for despoiling the Amazon. The company insists it cleaned up its share of the mess - described by plaintiffs as a fouled area the size of Rhode Island - and says the Goldman Foundation was hoodwinked. 

"We believe they were misled," said Chevron spokesman David Samson, who also retained a room at the Fairmont to be available to the press. "We tried to reach out to the Goldman Foundation when we heard they might be in consideration, but we were stiff-armed. No one ever cared to hear our side of the story."

Petty!

Link to SFGate article

Link to Vanity Fair article that explains this whole debacle