Chevron has been especially defiant in the face of the Lago Agrio accusations, which its lawyers have labelled "a shakedown".
Chalco, a suburban lake But in the past few decades, the Lago de Chalco has started to return.
We followed our leaders through woodland and endless ascents and descents, the Lago Grey almost constantly in view.
The Lago Vista development here in his hometown once stood as a testament to his life's work.
He told me that his calamari sauce "just came to me when I started cooking, because this is how calamari sauce is made on the Lago di Garda".
From a lookout near the Lago Grey campsite, we watched chunks of ice the size of small apartment buildings tumble off Grey Glacier into the lake's turquoise waters.
I'd swim in the Lago di Passignano, which is hidden away among lush trees so I always have it to myself.
Ironically, some of the evidence considered most damning by Mr Kaplan came from out-takes from "Crude", a documentary about the Lago Agria case made at Mr Donziger's behest.The ruling does not undo the decision of the Ecuadorean court.
I had stopped at a small restaurant on the Lago di Garda called Nuovo Ponte, eaten a wonderfully inky pasta with calamari sauce, and asked the chef, Fiorenzo Andreoli, for the recipe.
The movie, seen in a scene above, chronicles Ecuadoreans who sued Texaco, which is now owned by Chevron, saying the companies' practices at the Lago Agrio oil field resulted in the contamination of their drinking and bathing water.
When Nyad was growing up, in Fort Lauderdale, her mother used to take her to the Lago Mar beach club and, pointing off the shore toward Cuba, say, It's so close you could actually swim there.
