Photo: Edward S. Walsh was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland.  After Senate confirmation, he was sworn in by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office of the White House on June 19, 2025.  Ambassador Walsh presented his credentials to the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, on Tuesday July 1, 2025.

Just Forests calls on US Ambassador to Ireland to intervene in Chevron Texaco prosecution of Steven Donziger

By email and post to:

 Edward S. Walsh

United States Ambassador to Ireland

Deerfield Residence

Phoenix Park

Dublin

and

US Embassy

Donnybrook

Dublin

Sunday 11 January 2025

Dear Ambassador Walsh,

It was a pleasure to meet you at the IRL Forum Conference in the Pillo Hotel, Ashbourne, Co Meath,  earlier today. Thank you for inviting me to write to you regarding my friend Steven Donziger.

Steven Donziger is a New York Attorney and human rights defender best known for his legal battles with Chevron (the owners of Texaco), particularly Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc. and other cases in which he represented over 30,000 farmers and Indigenous people who suffered environmental damage and health problems caused by Texaco’s oil drilling in the Lago Agrio oil field of Ecuador.

As I mentioned to you in our brief chat, Steven is the first person in US legal history to be prosecuted by a corporation. He won a landmark case against Chevron Texaco for their deliberate destruction of tropical forests in Ecuador and the social, health and environmental impact it had and continues to have to this day on the livelihoods and health of 30,000 farmers and their families. Chevron are the same company that have been sued in Louisiana for costal damages by a number of Louisiana parish communities and have been ordered by a Louisiana Jury to pay $US745 Million in  Damages.’ (Source: The Guardian)