Environment

The Bhopal gas tragedy 1984 to? The evasion of corporate responsibility

This paper describes the inadequacies in the response of the Union Carbide Corporation to the accidental release of the highly toxic gas, methyl isocyanate, from its plant in Bhopal, India in 1984. Over 20,000 people are estimated to have died from exposure to this gas since 1984, with some 120,000 chronically ill survivors. Union Carbide fought to avoid compensation or to keep it very low.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2002
Barbara Dinham, Satinath Sarangi
Environment & Urbanisation
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Tags:
Environment, Health Effects, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Union Carbide, Groundwater Pollution
India

 Woman power

When the men of Dengajhari failed, women took up arms to protect their forests

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Satyasundar Barik
Down to Earth
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20020331
0
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Forest Movements, Women, Compensation, Legislation, NGO, India, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 SLURRY DISPOSAL

Acting on a petition, the Supreme Court (SC) directed the Bokaro Thermal Power Station to identify the area where it can dispose of its slurry and fly-ash safely and make

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Afforestation, Compensation, Thermal Power Plants, Legislation, Supreme Court, Fly Ash
India

 Jumbo problem

Spate of elephant killings forces rethink of conservation policy

Publication Date: 
14/01/2002
Nitin Sethi
Down to Earth
Tags:
CITES, Trade, Tribals, Conflicts, Compensation, Elephant, Wildlife Act 1972, Corbett NP, Rajaji NP, Poaching, India, Assam, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), West Bengal
India

 Hope in sight

US appeals court rules in favour of Bhopal gas victims

Publication Date: 
30/12/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Compensation, Medical Research, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Research, Legislation, Environment Court, NGO, United States Of America (US), India
India

 Smokescreen

Philip Morris remitted from paying record compensation

Publication Date: 
29/09/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Cancer, Compensation, Smoking, Legislation, California
Industry

  Reprieved at last!

a sum of us $4.73 million! This is the total fine Greece paid for running an illegal waste dump. The European Commission, which had been fining the country since July 2000, stopped doing so

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Waste Disposal, Compensation, Hazardous Products, Greece, European Union (EU)
Environment

 Coughing up

Tobacco giant Philip Morris pays a record compensation to a smoker suffering from lung cancer

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Cancer, Compensation, Smoking, United States Of America (US)
Forests

 Owning up

The MP government makes amends for the Dewas killing

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wood, Housing, Housing Construction, Tribals, Compensation, Madhya Pradesh, Dewas (D)
Air Pollution

 Follow Up

Officials in Hong Kong have completed their slaughtering operation to contain the spread to a flu caused by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus. At least 1.4 million birds were slaughtered

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Poultry, Compensation, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Birds, Imports, China, Hong Kong

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