Economy

 Damned forever

Participants at the first international conference of dam affected people in Brazil vow to intensify their fight against large dams

Publication Date: 
14/04/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Dams, Displacement, Compensation, Brazil
Health

 Development woes

large dams have resulted in grave environmental and social repercussions worldwide. Representatives from orga

Publication Date: 
14/03/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Dams, Migration, Compensation, Brazil
Energy

 WAR CRIMES

Iraq is facing lawsuits claiming billions of dollars in compensation by Kuwait and its allies including the US, for environmental damage caused during the Gulf War. Iraqi troops are alleged to have

Publication Date: 
14/03/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Compensation, Legislation, War, Iraq, Kuwait
Industry

 WRONG CONNECTIONS

Manufac

Publication Date: 
30/01/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Women, Compensation, Legislation, United States Of America (US)
India

 DAMAGING DEVICE

A us computer firm, Digital Equipment Corpora

Publication Date: 
30/01/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Compensation, Electronics Industry, United States Of America (US)
Air Pollution

 Pay for bad air

in a significant development in the fight against air pollution, a group of 14 Japanese companies have agreed to pay us $27.2 million to 438 people who were suffering from illnesses

Publication Date: 
30/01/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Compensation, Japan
Industry

 Infamy and after

Minamata in Japan and Bhopal in India. Two of the worst cases of chemical disaster to have hit the world this century. Years later, the nightmares continue for their victims and survivors. Two stories of compensation delayed, denied or only partiall

Publication Date: 
14/01/1997
Jin Ui
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Disaster Management, Compensation, Japan
India

 Years of agony

twelve years after the devastating Bhopal gas tragedy, the 600,000 people affected by it are the hapless victims of another human crime: callousness. Callousness perpetrated by their very own Indian

Publication Date: 
14/01/1997
Rajat Banerji
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Compensation, Bhopal Gas Disaster
India

 POLLUTER PAYS

The Gujarat High Court recently cracked the whip

Publication Date: 
14/01/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Chemical Industry, Compensation, Legislation, Gujarat
Health

 Last gasps

The story of Chinchurgheria, a village in West Bengal, is a chilling expose of the apathy of businesspersons, the government and politicians. In 1986, the people of Chinchurgheria and a few

Publication Date: 
29/09/1995
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Stone Industry, Compensation, Occupational Health, Silicosis

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