claim: Connie Mack "is protecting Chevron oil from a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over pollution of rivers and rainforests."
evidences.evidence_id: Chevron Corporation:149
evidences.article: Chevron Corporation
evidences.evidence: In 2003, a class action lawsuit against Chevron was filed in Ecuadorian court for $28 billion by indigenous residents, who accused Texaco of making residents ill and damaging forests and rivers by discharging 18 billion US gallons (68,000,000 m3) of formation water into the Amazon rainforest without any environmental remediation.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Chevron Corporation:680
evidences.article: Chevron Corporation
evidences.evidence: "Texaco faces $1bn lawsuit".
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Chevron Corporation:850
evidences.article: Chevron Corporation
evidences.evidence: "Chevron faces $10.6bn Brazil legal suit over oil spill".
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Texaco:63
evidences.article: Texaco
evidences.evidence: In 1993, several dozen tribal leaders and residents from the Ecuadoran Amazon filed a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against Texaco, as a result of massive ecological pollution of the area and rivers around Texaco's Ecuadorian offshore drilling sites, causing toxic contamination of approximately 30,000 residents.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Water pollution:45
evidences.article: Water pollution
evidences.evidence: Surface water pollution includes pollution of rivers, lakes and oceans.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES