Archive for April, 2007

Environmentalists release public report protesting against proposed incineration of toxic Union Carbide waste in Gujarat – government to reconsider

Apr 30, 2007 No Comments by

Indian Express, April 29, 2007 Read the report by the Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti c/o 37 Patrakar Colony, Tandalja, Vadodara 390 020, Phone: 0265-2320399 Email: rt_manav@sancharnet.in Vadodara, April 29: Following protests by environment activists and NGOs about the decision to bring Union Carbide’s hazardous waste to Ankleshwar in Bharuch, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) said [...]

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Trupti Normal johnny 2 2007-04-30T06:03:00Z 2007-04-30T06:03:00Z 3 1425 8126 Microsoft Corporation 30208 67 16 9979 10.1316 6 pt 6 pt 0 0 Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti c/o 37 Patrakar Colony, Tandalja, Vadodara 390 020, Phone: 0265-2320399 Email: rt_manav@sancharnet.in   29 April 2007   For Immediate Release   Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat government machinery brokered a deal [...]

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Dow Website Has the Best Facts: A well-deserved rise in interest for an important industry website

Apr 29, 2007 No Comments by

Today, Dow Chemical is proud to announce a sudden surge in the popularity of Bhopal.com, one of the most important elements in Dow’s arsenal of responses to the disaster at Bhopal 18 years ago. Bhopal.com of course recounts the Bhopal catastrophe with the greatest efficiency and pays homage to the most important consequence of the [...]

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Apr 23, 2007 No Comments

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CEO of Dow Chemical Liveris sparks questions at EPIIC panel: put on the spot over Bhopal

Apr 23, 2007 No Comments

Christy McCuaig, Tufts Daily, March 5, 2007 Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical, speaks at an EPIIC panel. PHOTO: Jo Duara On Saturday night during a panel in the ASEAN Auditorium about corporate responsibility, a question and answer session highlighted tensions regarding a chemical company connected to a massive industrial disaster that occurred over [...]

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Public health agency linked to chemical industry: The work of a federal risk-assessment center is guided by a company with manufacturing ties. Some scientists see bias

Apr 23, 2007 No Comments

Marla Cone, Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2007 For nearly a decade, a federal agency has been responsible for assessing the dangers that chemicals pose to reproductive health. But much of the agency’s work has been conducted by a private consulting company that has close ties to the chemical industry, including manufacturers of a compound [...]

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Firm with suspect ties monitors chemical industry for government

Apr 23, 2007 No Comments

Megan Tady, The New Standard, March 2, 2007 A private firm that may have ties to chemical companies is helping to run a US government agency tasked with investigating how chemicals adversely affect reproductive health. The Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) – an arm of the National Institute of Environmental [...]

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An Indian bid for Dow Chemical?

Apr 23, 2007 No Comments

RUTH DAVID, FORBES.COM, FEBRUARY 27, 2007 MUMBAI – Reliance Industries, India’s largest company by market capitalization, is reportedly seeking $2 billon in financing from banks to develop a gas field off India’s east coast, and it may be maneuvering to acquire a global petrochemical giant. The Times of India reported Tuesday that Chairman Mukesh Ambani [...]

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Dow Chemical attracts more buyout speculation

Apr 23, 2007 No Comments

SMARTMONEY.COM, FEBRUARY 26, 2007 Dow Chemical (DOW) Share price as of Friday’s close: $43.45 Share price now: $44.99 Percent change: 3.5% Volume: 36.2 million shares, daily average 5.3 million The News Buyout fever spiked shareholder temperatures over Dow Chemical (DOW: 45.21, +0.25, +0.6%) on speculation that a blockbuster private-equity deal was in the works, though [...]

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Dow Chemical shares surge on speculation: Private-equity bid could be worth $54 billion, U.K. tabloid reports

Apr 23, 2007 No Comments

Steve Goldstein & Laura Mandaro, MarketWatch, February 26, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Dow Chemical Co. shares Monday made their biggest one-day move in more than four years as investors reacted to a story in a British tabloid that the company could be the latest and largest firm to field a leveraged buyout offer. In [...]

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