https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2015/02/04/five-truths-about-the-chevron-shakedown/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 14:32:29 -0400<![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since we checked in with the decades long story of Chevron and how the government of Ecuador &#8211; in league with American environmental activists and trial lawyers &#8211; tried to pick their pockets for billions of dollars. At Real Clear Markets, Stephen W. Green takes on a trip down memory lane, highlighting how things went so wrong for Manhattan attorney Steven Donziger and his Green Warrior friends when they woke a sleeping giant. Rather than just paying off the extortionists, Chevron went to court in multiple countries, eventually showing how the entire case was a designed case of fraud, concocted in an effort to extort massive sums of money from the energy giant. Out of the wreckage, Green dredged up five irrefutable truths. (There&#8217;s plenty more at the link, but here are the highlights.)]]>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 19:21:34 -0500<![CDATA[Jazz Shaw]]>https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2015/02/04/five-truths-about-the-chevron-shakedown-n195938