Amy Westervelt

Nov
06
Damages: Trial of Attorney Who Fought Chevron’s Pollution in Ecuador Begins Monday

Damages: Trial of Attorney Who Fought Chevron’s Pollution in Ecuador Begins Monday

By Karen Savage and Amy Westervelt Update, November 7, 2020: On Saturday, Nov 7th, Judge Preska granted an adjournment [https:
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Oct
16
Podcast: Secret Tribunals and Hand-Picked Arbiters—A Little-known System Undermines Environmental Regulation

Podcast: Secret Tribunals and Hand-Picked Arbiters—A Little-known System Undermines Environmental Regulation

When national governments legislate environmental protections through laws like the Clean Water and Clean Air acts, and agencies like the
16 min read
Oct
10
Drilled Down: “Like a War on the Environment” —Texaco’s 30 Years in Ecuador

Drilled Down: “Like a War on the Environment” —Texaco’s 30 Years in Ecuador

By Karen Savage There is one core allegation at the center of the decades-long court fight by Indigenous Ecuadorians for
9 min read
Oct
02
Drilled Down: Blood of the Devil

Drilled Down: Blood of the Devil

By Karen Savage Tens of thousands of Ecuadorians have been locked in legal battle with the oil major Chevron for
10 min read
Jun
18
Personal Essay: Mothering in the Age of Extinction

Personal Essay: Mothering in the Age of Extinction

I am sitting in a hotel room in D.C., still in bed under the covers at noon, unable to
9 min read
Jun
05
Personal Essay: I Am a Mad Scientist

Personal Essay: I Am a Mad Scientist

By Dr. Kate Marvel I’ve heard it a couple times already, from a journalist, a family friend, a neighbor:
3 min read
Jun
04
Leaked BP Docs Show: Protest Works. That's Why It's Important to Protect It.

Leaked BP Docs Show: Protest Works. That's Why It's Important to Protect It.

In a story coming soon, we’ll delve into several lessons learned from a batch of BP documents leaked to
8 min read
May
12

Why Climate Deniers Are Attacking Epidemiologists (Because They Always Have)

I keep seeing this thing on social media where climate scientists will say something like “dear epidemiologists, we totally understand
2 min read
May
05

Your Support at Work! Rep Raskin to Congress: Keep Liability Loopholes Out of COVID-19 Packages

The climate crisis isn’t letting up just because the economy is slowing down, and neither is the fossil fuel
1 min read
Apr
26
Planet of the Ecofascists

Planet of the Ecofascists

Did I want to spend two precious hours of work time watching a badly produced film narrated in monotone? No,
7 min read