Ms. Gast has served on Chevron's board since 2012, making her one of the longest reigning board members. Her compensation for serving on the board in 2020 was 275,800 pounds ($375,000), a nice sum for a side job. In her role as one of the twelve members of the board, she is responsible for the brutal policies harming people and the planet for which Chevron is notorious. In essence, Imperial College London President Gast represents a plague on society...

Dr. Nan Greer's report, Chevron's Global Destruction: Ecocide, Genocide, and Corruption condemning Chevron states: "Chevron appears to be among the most destructive oil companies in the world, destroying land and ocean ecosystems, poisoning rivers and streams, eliminating livelihoods, ravaging communities, and financing paramilitary violence, while filing frivolous and punitive litigations against anyone who dares to hold the company responsible for its crimes..." (Read Report)

"There's entire villages, entire peoples that have been completely wiped out — ever body has died... You just go to the side of any creek bed and you just stir it with your finger, and these rainbows of oil slick come up on top of the water." —Daryl Hannah—

"I have seen firsthand the reality of the aftermath of Chevron's actions in Ecuador. I met many people there who have lost their parents, their children, and who are losing heir own lives. ... families are plagued with extremely elevated levels of childhood leukemia, spontaneous abortions, birth defects, and other serious oil-related health impacts." —Trudie Styler—

"It's how governments and big businesses, like Chevron, connive with each other to ignore the rule of law in order to further their aim. So, their aims are to fill the pockets of the oligarchs with money at the expense of the ordinary people of the world who are dying as we speak." —Roger Waters—

"To survive one has to poison oneself with contaminated water. Until ChevronTexaco addresses the environmental damage it has caused in Ecuador, it should be treated as an outlaw company that does not deserve the right to do further business ... in any country anywhere in the world." —Bianca Jagger—

"Scores of Nobel laureates are calling for Donziger to be freed. I stand with them to claim justice for the Ecuadorian communities who lost many loved ones due to toxic oil pollution as result of Chevron's illegal practices." —Sting—

"I will not reward a company that devastates the environment and brings disease and death to men, women and children to save money, Every time I see a Chevron gas station, I just drive by." —Cher—

"He successfully sued oil giant Chevron on behalf of 30,000 Indigenous people for deliberately discharging 16 billion gallons of toxic waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Yet Chevron has not paid a dime and instead turned Donziger into the one doing time. Let's do our best to help Steven Donziger and thousands of Chevron's victims."
—Michael Moore—