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HISTORICAL FACTS: Dow chemical - The Untold Story

Toxic waste from world’s deadliest industrial disaster taken away for disposal after 40 years

Gas leak from Union Carbide pesticide plant in 1984 killed over 20,000 people and poisoned half a million

The Independent UK

India clears toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak site, 40 years after disaster

Authorities say incinerating poison is environmentally safe as activists raise alarm over potential water contamination.

Al Jazeera

Bhopal: after 40 years, ongoing effects of world’s worst industrial disaster show environmental racism is alive and well

In the early hours of December 3 1984, 27 tonnes of toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from a storage tank at Union Carbide Corporation’s pesticide plant on the outskirts of the central Indian city of Bhopal. Amnesty International estimates that more than 22,000 people have died as a result of…

The Conversation

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Texas Uranium Mining Portends Nuclear Revival

State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide power to large industrial facilities. But South Texas locals worry that a uranium boom could affect their groundwater.

Texas Observer

Texas’ push to meet soaring power demand with nuclear energy could spark uranium mining revival

State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide consistent, low-carbon power to large industrial facilities. But in South Texas, locals worry what a uranium mining boom could mean for their groundwater.

The Texas Tribune

Campaigners continue fight for justice 40 years after Bhopal chemical disaster

Nathuram Soni vividly remembers the night 40 years ago when toxic gas swept through Bhopal killing more than 3,500 people in the shanties surrounding the Union Carbide pesticides plant.

Radio France Internationale

Bhopal gas tragedy | Pleas seeking Dow Chemical to be made accused posted to Jan 6

Judicial Magistrate First Class Vidhan Maheshwari on Saturday adjourned the hearing until January 6 after the American multinational corporation contended the case does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Bhopal court that served a show cause notice to it on the pleas of petitioners.

The Hindu

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How the electric vehicle market is driving innovation on the path to a greener economy

Private-sector leaders are primed to become a driving force behind the green economy, as investors, regulators, and customers call for greater sustainability and geopolitical uncertainties rock energy markets.

Fortune

Ex-Dow Chemical head blasts the GOP's call to keep politics out of business: 'Capitalism and democracy were always in a marriage'

The newest book by Andrew Liveris, former Dow Chemical CEO, is a vigorous defense of stakeholder capitalism.

Fortune

Company confirms it has found new funding to build a massive gas terminal at the Port of Brownsville

Brownsville is the last major deepwater port in Texas that doesn’t have large fossil fuel projects. The 750-acre facility will export Texas natural gas to other countries.

The Texas Tribune

Dow’s Reservoir and the Realities of Flooding in Texas

Dow Chemical's impact studies fail to address serious flood concerns about their proposed Harris Reservoir Expansion along the Brazos.

Texas Observer

A former Dow Chemical executive and an activist want corporations to better govern their political spending in the next election. Here’s how

A healthy democracy is an essential component of the dynamic capitalism that companies need to pursue their interests.

Fortune

Bhopal disaster’s perpetrators used ‘dummy’ firms to keep biz on

Several Indian gov’t firms bought Union Carbide products through a backdoor channel for up to 14 years.

Al Jazeera

Should athletes just shut up and play ball? No – society is changing and sport sponsorship must too

First Nations people please be advised this article contains mentions of racist comments against First Nations people.

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Brisbane Olympics body directors named

The five directors of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics organising committee include a who's who of corporate leaders and Queensland locals.

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