At issue is waste dumped by Texaco (bought by Chevron in 2001) as long ago as the 1960s in the region around Lago Agrio in the Ecuadorean jungle.

• 争论的焦点是德士古公司（2001年被雪佛龙公司收购）于早在20世纪60年代在厄瓜多尔“丛林城市”拉戈阿格里奥附近的雨林中倾倒石油废弃物。