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HSC4624 Quiz 8 Questions and Answers
The people who live in a remote region of Ecuador are suing
____________ (1 word) saying reckless oil exploration poisoned the
most important rain forest on earth.
Ans: shevron
Soon, a _______________(1 word) in a tiny Ecuadorian courtroom
will decide whether the oil company must pay as much as
$_______________ (# and word) in damages. That would make it the
_________ __________ ____________ (3 words) in history. Most
everything is in dispute in this bitter struggle except one thing:
powering American cars
Ans: Judge; 27 billion; largest environmental lawsuit
. Over 23 years, Texaco pumped out ____________ (# and word)
barrels of oil.
Ans: 1.5 Billion
How many people are suing Chevron?
Ans: 30,000 people
What environmental problems were found with Texaco's waste
pits?
Ans: contaminated water
Who does Chevron say should have the responsibility of cleaning
up the pollution?
Ans: Petrel Ecuador
What did Texaco acknowledge that it had dumped into the
Amazon rain forest?
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Ans: billions of gallons of what's called production water (waste that
comes up with the oil)
What did the Indian tribe leaders call the oil on the surface of the
river that ruined their
fishing? (2 words, plural)
Ans: flowing black blankets
In 1993, the Amazonians first filed suit in ________ _________ (2
words). It was Steven Donziger's first big case. And it sat there for
__________ (#) years
Ans: US Federal Court; 9
What percent of the cleanup does Chevron (Texaco) say it was
responsible for and has already finished?
Ans: 40%
Texaco was the operator in charge of the oil fields. What percent
of production did they
perform?
Ans: 100%
Under United States environmental law, the oil field operator can
be held responsible
for the pollution.
Ans: TRUE
Chevron says Texaco cleaned _________(#) pits. But the court
expert, Richard Cabrera, puts the total number of all waste pits at
__________(#) Chevron says Cabrera's
number is inflated. So we asked Chevron for a master list of all the
pits that existed when Texaco left Ecuador. Last week Chevron told
us, there is no master list.
Ans: 162; 916
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HSC4624 Quiz 8 Questions and Answers
The people who live in a remote region of Ecuador are suing
____________ (1 word) saying reckless oil exploration poisoned the
most important rain forest on earth.
Ans: shevron
Soon, a _______________(1 word) in a tiny Ecuadorian courtroom
will decide whether the oil company must pay as much as
$_______________ (# and word) in damages. That would make it the
_________ __________ ____________ (3 words) in history. Most
everything is in dispute in this bitter struggle except one thing:
powering American cars
Ans: Judge; 27 billion; largest environmental lawsuit
. Over 23 years, Texaco pumped out ____________ (# and word)
barrels of oil.
Ans: 1.5 Billion
How many people are suing Chevron?
Ans: 30,000 people
What environmental problems were found with Texaco's waste
pits?
Ans: contaminated water
Who does Chevron say should have the responsibility of cleaning
up the pollution?
Ans: Petrel Ecuador
What did Texaco acknowledge that it had dumped into the
Amazon rain forest?
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Ans: billions of gallons of what's called production water (waste that
comes up with the oil)
What did the Indian tribe leaders call the oil on the surface of the
river that ruined their
fishing? (2 words, plural)
Ans: flowing black blankets
In 1993, the Amazonians first filed suit in ________ _________ (2
words). It was Steven Donziger's first big case. And it sat there for
__________ (#) years
Ans: US Federal Court; 9
What percent of the cleanup does Chevron (Texaco) say it was
responsible for and has already finished?
Ans: 40%
Texaco was the operator in charge of the oil fields. What percent
of production did they
perform?
Ans: 100%
Under United States environmental law, the oil field operator can
be held responsible
for the pollution.
Ans: TRUE
Chevron says Texaco cleaned _________(#) pits. But the court
expert, Richard Cabrera, puts the total number of all waste pits at
__________(#) Chevron says Cabrera's
number is inflated. So we asked Chevron for a master list of all the
pits that existed when Texaco left Ecuador. Last week Chevron told
us, there is no master list.
Ans: 162; 916
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