They do realize that they look like total tools, right?

Recently, one of several coveted Goldman Environmental Prizes was awarded to two Ecuadorean activists. The two men, lawyer Pablo Fajardo Mendoza and community organizer Luis Yanza, have been fighting the Chevron Corporation for years and has brought the company to court over despoiling land in Ecuador. The case is currently being considered by the country's courts.

Needless to say, Chevron is peeved about this annoying little lawsuit launched by a lawyer and a community organizer. So what the PR geniuses think to do when Mendoza and Yanza got the prize? Go public and accuse the men of lying about their good works to the Goldman committee. Chevron was hurt to discover that no one gave a shit about how they felt about honorees.

"We believe they were misled," said Chevron spokesman David Samson, who also retained a room at the Fairmont to be available to the press. "We tried to reach out to the Goldman Foundation when we heard they might be in consideration, but we were stiff-armed. No one ever cared to hear our side of the story."

Um, I believe consumers have been mislead by your company, Mr. Samson.

"We feel confident that we'll ultimately prevail," said Chevron general counsel Charles James in a telephone interview from the company's San Ramon headquarters. "Even if they get a bogus decree out of a court in Ecuador, their ability to enforce this is going to be very limited. We would contest enforcement based on the poor (legal) process."

You hear that, judges of Ecuador? Apparently your stupid little judicial system is no match for Chevron.

Way to go, Chevron. I mean, God knows these two men were just making your lives a living hell. If it wasn't for you guys whistleblowing on their corrupt organizing practices, why the people of Ecuador might have had clean land and water.