San Francisco filed a lawsuit against five fossil fuel companies due to expected expenses the city will incur from global warming. The companies named in the suit are BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell—chosen because they are "the largest investor-owned fossil fuel corporations in the world as measured by their historic production of fossil fuels."
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that barred Ecuadoran plaintiffs from collecting a $8.646 billion judgment against Chevron Corp.
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the government of Ecuador of a $96 million arbitration settlement awarded to Chevron oil company.
Canada's high court ruled that Ecuadoran villagers seeking to enforce a multi-billion dollar judgment against Chevron may pursue the case against the company's Canadian subsidiary.
For the first time in nearly 80 years, Mexico opened its oil industry to foreign investors, offering 14 offshore exploration blocs—but only two sold, and not to industry majors.
Argentina's center-left government passed a law to attract foreign investment in oil production, especially for hydrofracking in the Vaca Muerta shale deposits.
Five large non-Western economies are planning a new development bank, but activists say the bank's impact will depend on the ability of the countries' populations to mobilize.
Activists across Latin America participated in international protests against Monsanto and Chevron—but some "pink tide" governments continue to cozy up to Chevron.
Chevron Corporation filed for reimbursement of $32 million in attorneys' fees against Steven Donziger, counsel for plaintiffs in the Ecuador oil spill case.
A federal judge ruled that US courts can not be used to collect $9.51 billion in fines and legal fees imposed by an Ecuadoran court's judgment against Chevron.
An Ecuadoran court ordered Chevron to pay $9.51 billion in fines and fees—a significant reduction from the previous $18 billion judgment in the environmental case.
Thousands of Romanians have been occupying Bucharest to protest plans by Canadian firm Gabriel Resources to establish Europe's biggest open-pit gold mine at Rosia Montana.
