QUITO, Ecuador: An Ecuadorean judge ruled Monday in an epic environmental case that Chevron Corp. was responsible for oil drilling contamination in a wide swath of Ecuador's northern jungle and ordered the oil giant to pay US$8.6 billion in damages and cleanup costs.
The amount was far below the $27.3 billion recommended by a court-appointed expert.
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