Ecuadorian court rules Chevron must pay $9 billion for oil pollution

By Juan Forero

Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, February 15, 2011; 12:36 AM

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - A judge in a small jungle town in Ecuador on Monday ordered Chevron to pay more than $9 billion in damages, finding the energy giant responsible for the oil pollution that has fouled a stretch of land along Ecuador's northern border.

Ecuadorian court rules Chevron must pay $9 billion for oil pollution