Trump's approval of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines comes just as he has withdrawn the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a seeming contradiction in his agenda.
A new spill on Peru's northern trans-Andean oil pipeline has contaminated a rainforest community—the fourth rupture from the 40-year-old pipeline this year.
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.
Peru's northern trans-Andean oil pipeline suffered its third serious rupture of the year, spilling over 1,000 barrels of crude into an expanse of the Amazon rainforest.
Colombia's feared anti-riot force, the ESMAD, used tear-gas against campesinos occupying lands in the Amazonian department of Caquetá to block oil exploration efforts.
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.
Members of the Wampis people of Peru's Amazon seized a military helicopter, holding the crew and eight officials to press for an emergency response plan to a devastating oil spill.
Leaders of remote Amazon communities traveled to Lima for a protest vigil outside the offices of PetroPerú, to demand action following two devastating oil spills.
Crude from an oil pipeline spill in northern Peru has spread due to rainfall and reached the Río Marañon, a major tributary of the Amazon, local indigenous leaders warned.
In a landmark victory for Nigerian farmers, the Hague Court of Appeals ruled that Royal Dutch Shell can be sued in a Netherlands court over oil spills in the Niger Delta.
The US Supreme Court denied certiorari in an appeal by Mexican states attempting to sue BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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.
