Archive for September, 2003

Now Euro MP’s tell Dow, ‘He who pollutes must pay’

Sep 27, 2003 No Comments by

Dow must have imagined nobody would notice. Or mused that if your double standards are brazen enough, no one will point them out. From Kathy Hunt’s doe-eyed “but they don’t have Superfund over there, do they?” to Michael Parker’s dead-behind-the-eyes suggestion that the beggarly compensation money intended for gas survivors – yes, you read that [...]

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Urgent Action Alert: Coca Cola pollution protestors arrested, falsely accused

Sep 04, 2003 No Comments by

Kerala: people protesting the Coca Cola Plachimada facility’s contamination of local groundwater and land – with toxins such as cadmium and lead – are experiencing repression at the hands of local police and company hirelings. 13 peaceful protestors – two of whom are leading activists against Coca Cola – have been arrested and falsely accused [...]

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