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Amazon Defense Coalition
Amazon Defense Coalition: Mickey Kantor Criticized for Lobbying Former Agency That He Led for Chevron Trade Rep Accusing of Trying to Help Chevron Quash Contamination Lawsuit in Ecuador
May 16th, 2009
Citing new lobbying rules put into place by the Obama Administration, two environmental groups are strongly criticizing Mickey Kantor for lobbying on behalf of Chevron before the same trade agency he led for several years under the Clinton Administration. Kantor, who headed the office of the United States Trade Representative from 1993 to 1997, has been lobbying the same office to quash a historic environmental lawsuit brought by indigenous groups in Ecuador’s rainforest where the oil giant faces a potential $27 billion liability for creating what some experts have called the worst oil-related contamination on earth. Kantor’s role was disclosed last week by the National...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-05-16)
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