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Chevron must pay $744 million for damage to Louisiana coast, says landmark court ruling
(www.nationalobserver.com)
In before Trump pardons another corporation....
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2025
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That is not much. That's less than their increase of net earnings from last year.
How about making them pay the whole restoration. No cap.
Is that even a meaningful amount of money to Chevron? These lawsuits need to start being measured in percentages of the company's value rather than fixed dollar amounts. Ruin a coastline? We're taking at least 20% of your company.
and within minutes and after another donation into the pockets of trump the DOJ will override this ruling and change it to $744.00
Jesus Christ man.
This is what's wrong with America. You're not thinking of the shareholders.
DOJ will give Chevron $1b for their consultation on the clean up.
Where is the money going?
Corporate capture
Just pay Trump $20 million to make this go away
Uhm, ecologically conscious = hipster?
Couldn't even break $1 billion. Meanwhile in Europe...
Yeah, that’ll happen. They’ll figure out some way to get out of it, they always do.