Chevron annual meeting heats up over Ecuador suit

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Wed, 05/27/2009 - 14:56

In a combative and sometimes colorful annual meeting, Chevron's CEO and chairman exchanged barbs with activists over pollution in the Amazon rain forest and the company's human rights record, twice scolding speakers who addressed executives.


 

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