Oil Giant Chevron To Pay $744 Million For Polluting Louisiana Wetlands
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Oil Giant Chevron To Pay $744 Million For Polluting Louisiana Wetlands
A US jury has ordered oil giant Chevron to pay $745 million for polluting marshland near New Orleans and subsequently failing to rehabilitate the affected area. The sentence was handed down Friday by a jury in Pointe a la Hache in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, a marshy area southeast of New Orleans. Contacted by AFP on Sunday, Chevron's lead trial attorney Mike Phillips said the company "will appeal this verdict to address the numerous legal er…
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