Perhaps Some Justice in the Case of Exxon’s Atrocities in Indonesia

By the time ExxonMobil finally paid restitution to the people whose lives were disfigured by the 1989 oil spill from the Exxon Valdez , more than 8000 of them had died, either of the disease the spill caused, or of old age.

They are nothing if not masters of delay.

It appears now, however, that their atrocities in Indonesia are going to finally be litigated in court.

This, of course, isn’t the end.  It’s not even the beginning of the end.  We need to prepare ourselves for a very long run.

Hats off to Steven Donziger, best known for his work bringing Chevron to justice for what they did to the indigenous people in Ecuador.