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Nov. 18, 2009-Chad Caisse, junior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute majoring in mechanical engineering demonstrates the flow of pollutants into groundwater from old Texaco oils pits in Ecuador, to his colleagues Chris Baker (left) WPI junior majoring in civil engineering and Ben Johnson (right), a junior majoring in mechanical engineering. The three comprise the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s oil remediation team, which is working to clean up oil contamination in Ecuador. 30,000 indigenous people have sued Chevron, the owner of Texaco, for oil pollution in Ecaudor. The case has been ongoing for 13 years.

Nov. 18, 2009-Chad Caisse, junior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute majoring in mechanical engineering demonstrates the flow of pollutants into groundwater from old Texaco oils pits in Ecuador, to his colleagues Chris Baker (left) WPI junior majoring in civil engineering and Ben Johnson (right), a junior majoring in mechanical engineering. The three comprise the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s oil remediation team, which is working to clean up oil contamination in Ecuador. 30,000 indigenous people have sued Chevron, the owner of Texaco, for oil pollution in Ecaudor. The case has been ongoing for 13 years.